Shedloads of cash... no class

Chelsea are facing up to the prospect of losing their captain John Terry for a month, were thumped by Sunderland at the weekend and sacked Ray Wilkins last week. The champions would appear to be a club in turmoil and Ian Wright, in his column in the Sun, has taken a swipe at the club for their handling of Wilkins’ departure.

"Chelsea have once again proved they have loads of money but a shortage of class.

I did not like the way they tapped-up both Ashley Cole and Sven Goran Eriksson or how Claudio Ranieri was treated when he was shoved out the door.

Their latest example of behaving shabbily was the sacking of No 2 Ray Wilkins

Equally, Roman Abramovich has proved he has little respect for Carlo Ancelotti by removing Ray seemingly without the manager's approval.

There is no way you could ever imagine the Glazers dismissing Mike Phelan without the knowledge of Alex Ferguson or Arsenal ignoring Arsene Wenger and kicking out Pat Rice.

It just wouldn't happen. But it appears Ancelotti is only charged with team matters and these events over the last few days have merely weakened his position.

This treatment of Ray is also another example of why Jose Mourinho was right to walk away following his power struggle with Abramovich."