John Obi-Mikel has admitted that Jose Mourinho’s sacking has brought new life to Chelsea.
Mikel is also confident the results will soon follow.
Mourinho was dismissed from Stamford Bridge just five months after lifting the Premier League title, following a dreadful start to the domestic season.
And while Chelsea remain rooted in the bottom half of the table going into 2016, Mikel believes the mood in the dressing room has been lifted since Guus Hiddink took over.
“We’ve moved on from and the atmosphere has improved since the change of manager,” Mikel affirmed.
“It’s fine now, we’ve just not been getting results.
“He came back to the club a second time and won two trophies, but now he’s gone and we have to move on. Is it the right decision? Who knows? We’ll only see in the future.”
The Nigeria international had struggled for playing time this season, and said that lack of minutes means he struggles to see where things went wrong.
“I’ve been as confused as everyone else,” he confessed.
“It’s difficult when you’re not playing, as you don’t really know what the problems are.
“I wasn’t playing that much under Mourinho so couldn’t put my finger on what was going wrong. It was a collective thing – the players and the manager were not performing.”
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