The Chelsea legend has been speaking about why the Pensioners have been struggling under Jose Mourinho this season. His allegiance to the club will be test at the expense of his relationship with the doctor. However, she things got “complicated’ with the latter manager at the start of the season”. It was the Belgium global that went down during the closing stages of the first match of the new season against Swansea, prompting Fearn and Carnerio to race to the field to attend to him with the scores at 2 – 2 and Chelsea already down with 1 man. Mourinho tagged their action naive and unacceptable, stripping them of their positions and banning them from appearing on the training ground and on the bench for subsequent matches. “There are many people who tell me that there’s an adjustment period, and I have to wait for my chances in the Bundesliga and Champions League”.
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The Chelsea winger could be called as a star witness at Eva Carneiro’s constructive dismissal next year.
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The hearing, which will be conducted in public, is set to take place if no out-of-court settlement is reached between Mourinho and Carneiro.
Mourinho has since been cleared by the Football Association of using discriminatory language towards Carneiro but the doctor has criticised the governing body over its investigation.
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“I was surprised to learn that the FA was allegedly investigating the incident of August 8 via the press”, she said earlier this month. “Choosing to ignore a few of the evidence will surely influence the outcome of the findings”.
