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Ruud Gullit has told Chelsea three players they \u201cneed first\u201d and raised doubts over his former club appointing Cesc Fabregas as their new manager.<\/p>\n
Liam Rosenior was sacked last month after just 106 days in charge<\/strong> after Enzo Maresca was given his marching orders by owners BlueCo in January.<\/p>\n Chelsea have now lost six Premier League games on the bounce and reached a nadir in the 3-1 defeat to a second-string Nottingham Forest side last time out to leave them in ninth place.<\/p>\n They still have the chance to win silverware this season after booking their place in the FA Cup final with Manchester City through an impressive win over Leeds in interim boss Calum McFarlane\u2019s first game back in charge.<\/p>\n The BlueCo model has seen Chelsea spend \u00a31.8bn on largely unproven young talent and it\u2019s failed spectacularly, with the American owners turning a trophy-winning machine into a laughing stock.<\/p>\n And Gullit \u2013 a consistent critic of the strategy \u2013 remains perplexed by the the club\u2019s direction and believes they \u201cneed a Casemiro\u201d to turn things around.<\/p>\n The former Blues player and manager told <\/strong>MrRaffle.com<\/strong>:<\/em> \u201cIt looks like they get a bunch of the best young players, and the coach who comes in has to deal with what\u2019s there \u2014 with no input on who arrives. They need a Casemiro. \u2018I need players with experience in midfield\u2019 \u2014 and if you don\u2019t have them, it\u2019s going to be a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n Andoni Iraola has emerged as a \u2018leading candidate\u2019 to take the reins at Stamford Bridge, but Fabregas has also been linked with a return after his impressive leadership of Como sees them battling for Champions League qualification in Serie A.<\/p>\n But Gullit drew a cautionary comparison with Xabi Alonso, who excelled in charge of Bayer Leverkusen before coming a cropper at Real Madrid.<\/p>\n Gullit added: \u201cWe thought the same thing about Xabi Alonso. He was fantastic in Germany \u2014 then suddenly everyone said he could do it anywhere. It\u2019s not the same. As a coach you have to adapt to the club\u2019s philosophy, and you need to get the players you want to execute it.\u201d<\/p>\n Fellow Chelsea hero Marcel Desailly recently said Chelsea should make a move for Darwin Nunez, who\u2019s on the verge of leaving Al Hilal, but Gullit rubbished the suggestion.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, no, no. Let\u2019s start from the back,\u201d Gullit said. \u201cYou need a good centre-half, a good experienced central midfielder, and a goalkeeper. Three good players with experience \u2014 that\u2019s what Chelsea need first.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: An XI of Chelsea players sold by BlueCo who\u2019d beat current shambles<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n