Joe Cole has slammed the decision made by Chelsea to sack club legend Frank Lampard.
Thomas Tuchel was appointed as manager on Tuesday, just 24 hours after Cole's former team-mate was shown the door.
Chelsea and Lampard were going through a tough spell in recent times, but the retired-midfielder had guided the club into the Champions League with a top-four finish last season.
Speaking on the latest edition of the All To Play For podcast by bookmaker Coral and Joe, he said: 'The sacking of Frank is the harshest of all the Chelsea managers which have been dismissed.