Former Arsenal star Paul Merson has encouraged Chelsea to hire a permanent coach as soon as possible.
The Blues are in freefall under caretaker boss Frank Lampard, losing four of four matches.
Merson and other pundits have spoken out stating that Chelsea should hire a permanent coach in a matter of days or weeks.
"The players, no disrespect, weren't fussed about the league games. They're not getting in the Champions League, they're not really getting in Europe. It was on the two Real Madrid games [quarter final loss], they had five clear-cut chances over the two ties and never scored a goal," Merson told Sky Sports.
"It's their Achilles' heal, they've spent 600 million and haven't bought a center-forward. They have not got a goalscorer. Everybody they buy can play all the way along the front line, that's no good.
"It don't matter who the manager is. They need to get the manager in now. They need to sort this out now. This is no disrespect to Frank, but they have got to go 'right who do we want, who do we get'.
"You go in now, there's four, five, six games to go, you can tinker, who's about to be their next season, who's not. He knows he's only there for the short time anyway. Frank knows he was their for a short time, he was there for the Champions League games."