believes the Chelsea manager's current struggles
are because he "can't live with defeat," while ex-
Stamford Bridge coach Ray Wilkins insists that
any other boss would have already been sacked
for a similar slump.
Chelsea welcome Porto to Stamford Bridge on
Wednesday night still reeling from Saturday's
shock 1-0 Premier League defeat at home to
Bournemouth, and they require at least a draw to
progress to the knockout phase of the Champions
League.
Mourinho's immediate future has been the
subject of intense speculation after an eighth
defeat in 15 Premier League matches left the
defending English champions 14th in the table,
with reports this week claiming that he has a
week to rescue his job and may be sacked even if
Chelsea reach the round of 16 in Europe.
Carvalho won the Champions League as a Porto
player under Mourinho before following him first
to Chelsea and then Real Madrid, winning league
titles under his fellow Portuguese at all three
clubs.
The veteran centre-back, now at French club
Monaco, thinks losing affects Mourinho to such an
extent that it is having a negative impact on his
work, but insists his fellow Portuguese remains
capable of leading the Chelsea recovery.
"Mourinho can't live with defeat, that's why he
isn't doing great," the 37-year-old told Spanish
radio station Cadena Ser.
"Despite that, I think he's the right man to turn
things around at Chelsea. If they qualify, I think
that Chelsea can go a long way in the Champions
League. They aren't doing great in the Premier
League, but they can knock out anyone in
Europe."
This is the worst start to a season by any Chelsea
manager in the Roman Abramovich era, but the
club's Russian owner has kept faith in Mourinho to
fix the team's problems despite having dispensed
with several other bosses for less.
Wilkins, who served as assistant at Stamford
Bridge to three different managers until he was
dismissed by Abramovich in November 2010,
believes that Mourinho's track record is the only
thing buying him time.
"Any other manager would have gone, there are
no two ways about it," Wilkins told beIN Sports.
"Mourinho is only still there, purely and simply, for
what he's done in the past.
"The big thing for Mourinho is Europe, he loves
the European competition and Abramovich just
adores it, so if they lose against Porto, then he
could be on his way.
"They are away at Leicester next week so if
something is going to happen, it will happen, I
would have thought, after this week. I don't think
it will happen this week."
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