(CNN) -- Chelsea's sacking of Andre Villas-Boas came under fire Monday with former Blues boss Luis Felipe Scolari warning it will be "hell" for whoever succeeds the Portuguese at Stamford Bridge. 

Ex-Brazil national team boss Scolari is one of six managers dismissed by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and, like himself, does not believe Villas-Boas was given enough time by the Russian billionaire. 

"England has clubs like Arsenal, where Arsene Wenger has been for several years, yet has won only two or three championships," he told a news conference for his present club Palmeiras. 

"Chelsea's culture is very different, but this move is strange -- although it's not so strange to me because of what I went through there. 

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"Villas-Boas was a champion and he will continue to be. He needed to replace at least seven or eight players, even since I was there, but he failed. 

"It will be hell for whoever succeeds him." 

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But Dutch legend Ruud Gullit, who managed Chelsea before Abramovich took control, told CNN that he disagreed with Scolari. 

"I do not think it is 'hell' -- I had a great time at Chelsea which I still treasure, for me it was no hell." 

Gullit hinted that he believed Villas-Boas needed to have made better use of his senior squad members. 

"The older players need to help the younger players know how to play the game, you can't ignore them by putting them on the bench and not in the team." 
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