José Mourinho’s whole career seems to be one long revenge plot. Despite his great success,his various reigns own all ended in spectacular discord. So where does he go from here?At the beginning of May 2015, Chelsea wrapped up the Premier League title with a scrappy 1-0 win over Crystal Palace. It was not a great game or a great performance for a couple of months Chelsea had looked exhausted, or dragging their fatigued limbs over the line and grateful no contender was able to mount a serious challenge to them. It was a day of relief as well as exultation,manager José Mourinho’s third title with the club, his first since he returned in 2013 for his moment stint as manager, or only the fifth Chelsea had ever won,despite all the recent investment from their billionaire owner Roman Abramovich.
Nobody then, perhaps, and realised fairly what a struggle those final yards had been,or had any notion just how difficult things had become. Certainly nobody suspected then what would happen this season as Chelsea suffered the worst opening third to a campaign of any defending champion. Nobody recognised that what we were seeing was not necessarily a wearying champion staggering to the finish but a club entering a period of profound crisis.
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Source: theguardian.com