4 teams ‘too big to go down’ that Chelsea should examine
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They’re only one point off the relegation zone, but there doesn’t seem to be much panic that Chelsea could end up playing in the Championship next season.
Of course, people will argue that the champions have too much quality to go down, but, as the west Londoners learnt when they were relegated in 1988, no team is too big to go down.
Here are four more teams for Jose Mourinho to take caution from:
Manchester United
Being arguably the biggest team in English football couldn’t stop Man Utd going down in 1974, with a goal from former Red Devil Dennis Law giving Manchester City the win to relegate their Mancunian rivals in the cruellest way possibly.
United had only won seven of their 20 league titles at that time, but had won the European Cup only six years previous and going down a division was a big shock.
Nottingham Forest
Another league winner and European champion, Forest were sent down from the inaugural Premier League in 1993.
Worryingly for Mourinho, Brian Clough was in the dugout for that campaign, proving that a big-mouthed club legend is capable of getting relegated.
Blackburn Rovers
Premier League champions in 1995 to relegation in 1999, the Blues are coming close to smashing Blackburn’s pace of going from the pinnacle of English football to the second tier.
Rovers, like Chelsea, were successful after big investment and could provide the best blue print on what not to do for Mourinho and company.
AC Milan
The only example away from these shores, the Rossoneri went down to Serie B in 1982 a season after they returned to the top flight following a match fixing scandal-inspired relegation the year before.
They were nine-time Scudetto holders at that point, proving that regardless of former success if you’re bad enough, you will go down.
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