Former England stars, Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer have been left stunned over latest rumours coming out of Chelsea.
The rumours coming out of west London are that manager, Enzo Maresca is currently under pressure at Chelsea.
The Italian’s position as Chelsea boss is increasingly shaking following recent poor results.
Chelsea were beaten 3-1 in their Champions League opening game against Bayern Munich, they followed that up with a 2-1 defeat to struggling Manchester United and another defeat to Brighton on Saturday.
Chelsea are known for their impatience with managers especially when results are not going in their favour.
Lineker and Shearer feel talk of the Italian being under pressure is unfair given he led Chelsea to the Conference League title last term while the west London side also landed the Club World Cup trophy this summer.
“It’s funny football isn’t it – Maresca is apparently now under pressure,” Lineker said on The Rest is Football Podcast
“He won two trophies recently, he’s got [Cole] Palmer out [with injury]. Surely not? He’s just won the Club World Cup.”
Shearer added, “He was probably expected to win the Conference League with Chelsea, but there weren’t too many people that tipped Chelsea to win the Club World Cup, and he did win it.
“He’s lost two games in a row, and he’s lost them because essentially both times he’s gone down to 10 men, and we know how difficult that it is.
“Because of it being Chelsea, you’re not going to get too much sympathy. Should he be under pressure? In my opinion, no, because he’s lost two games, but you know when you sign up to that football club that anything can happen.
“You know the rules when you sign up to Chelsea, that can happen to you. Two losses and you’re under huge pressure is madness in football.”
Meanwhile Chelsea hierarchy are said to be supportive of the former Leicester City boss despite the rumours.
