‘Mourinho must stay’

LONDON: Frank Lampard believes his crisis-racked former club Chelsea need an urgent shake-up to rescue their season, but does not think that should mean manager Jose Mourinho is sacked.

Lampard, the club’s record goalscorer who captained Chelsea to their Champions League triumph in 2012, said he did not know if besieged Portuguese coach Mourinho had lost the dressing room, but said the champions’ players were under-performing.

Speaking after watching Chelsea in Monday’s 2-1 defeat at Leicester City Lampard said their current plight was, for him, “impossible.” “They are good players, but far too many of them are under-performing and they have been for a while,” he told Sky Sports. “This is Chelsea we are talking about now.

“Chelsea on a bad year should be top six. They should still be there or thereabouts, but where they are just above the relegation zone is impossible.”