Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has claimed English football is lined with the "culture of the vulture" following Liverpool's sacking of Brendan Rodgers, he told the Irish Times.





Rodgers was sacked by Liverpool following the club's 1-1 draw with Everton earlier this month, and German coach Jurgen Klopp was brought in to replace him soon after. And while Mourinho has no problem with the former Borussia Dortmund leader, he thinks Rodgers was relieved of his duties far too soon.





He said: ​"You know, I feel sorry that somebody lost his job. And it is quite sad that football in this moment – even in this country – is happy with it.









"I’m not speaking about Jurgen, I’ve a good relationship with him and nothing will change that. I’m speaking about the circumstances that made Brendan (Rodgers) lose his job.





"I don’t like people being excited that a new manager is coming. I don’t like a player to say: ‘Now, we are going to give extra to prove to the new manager.’ Give to Brendan! Not to the new manager.





"I don’t like this at all. It’s part of my world I don’t like. My world is changing so much. It’s getting worse.”





Rodgers used to work under Mourinho at Chelsea as youth and reserve team manager, and in defence of his former colleague he hit out at the culture surrounding managerial hirings and firings in this country: "In football there is a culture. I’m not sure of the right word in English – but I think it is ‘vulture’.





“The culture of the vulture. When they feel something can happen, they start coming around (circling). It’s something I never did.





"When I was without a job for six, seven months in 2007, I always behave the way ethics tell me to behave. I didn’t go to football, didn’t comment on football, didn’t fly over stadiums where they were having difficult results. I was quiet. I was waiting. Now there is the culture of the vulture.”







