The Blues fell to their seventh defeat of the season against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday and the former manager has now spoken out on the crisis.
Ruud Gullit feels opposing teams no longer fear Chelsea and has compared the ailing Premier League champions to golfing icon Tiger Woods.
Woods, a 14-time major winner, was widely regarded as the finest golfer to play the game for much of his career, but a massive slump in form has seen the American fall to number 362 in the world rankings.
Chelsea have endured a nightmare start to the 2015-16 season, with their loss at Stoke City on Saturday their seventh in just 12 Premier League games this term.
Jose Mourinho's side sit 16th in the table - some 13 points off a top-four place - and Goal understands that the Portuguese is now hanging on to his job by a thread following a player revolt.