Who knows what effects he’s going to have on the pitch but Chelsea’s players could be about to lose a hell of a lot of weight.
According to reports, diet-mad manager Juande Ramos is being considered as a possible replacement for Jose Mourinho if the current Blues boss is relieved of his duties.
Unless you blinked, you may remember the Spaniard from his year with Spurs where he failed to make too much of an impact, winning just 21 of his 54 games in charge.
The Times report that Ramos, who has been without a job since leaving Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk last year, is the “shock candidate” to step into the Stamford Bridge dugout.
Ramos arrived at White Hart Lane in 2007 with a reputation for his disciplined style of man-management and the strict diet and fitness guidelines for the Spurs players which didn’t exactly work as he was sacked less than a year later.
But maybe that’s what Chelsea need. Hell, anything is worth trying at this stage.
Chelsea find themselves just one point above the bottom three after losing for the ninth time since opening day, a far cry from the kind of form that saw them sew up the title with relative ease last season.
And after the latest loss, a 2-1 defeat at Leicester on Monday, Mourinho’s job is in considerable jeopardy with his future at the club being discussed at board level on Wednesday afternoon.
