Jose Mourinho stands firm at Chelsea and won't reinstate Eva Carneiro... but she may sue and wants apology from manager
- Eva Carneiro will not be in dugout for Chelsea's next game with Man City
- She will remain as first-team doctor but will no longer attend games
- Jose Mourinho vented anger at Chelsea medical team after Swansea clash
- Sportsmail understands incident at Stamford Bridge at Saturday was not first time Mourinho and Carneiro have clashed
- The Premier League Doctors' Group have defended Carneiro
- She wants public apology and legal advice with a view to possibly suing
- Members of Chelsea hierachy were left stunned by Mourinho's criticism
- Owner Roman Abramovich is said to be furious with the Portuguese boss
Jose Mourinho will resist all calls to reinstate Eva Carneiro despite a huge backlash over Chelsea’s treatment of the team doctor.
Sportsmail understands the incident involving Carneiro and Eden Hazard during last Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Swansea at Stamford Bridge was not the first time the two had clashed.
But on Wednesday the pressure mounted on Mourinho with:
Carneiro received the brunt of Mourinho's criticism after rushing on to treat Eden Hazard on Saturday
Sportsmail understands the incident at Stamford Bridge was not the first altercation between the pair
- Owner Roman Abramovich said to be furious that Mourinho caused the controversy by criticising a senior employee on radio and television.
- Club officials in crisis mode amid concerns that Carneiro is seeking both a public apology and legal advice with a view to possibly suing the club for constructive dismissal in what could become a high-profile employment tribunal.
- The Premier League doctors’ group branding his treatment of Carneiro ‘unjust in the extreme’.
- Another senior figure in sports medicine calling Mourinho’s behaviour ‘appalling’.
After being informed on Sunday that her role as the club’s first-team doctor was to be downgraded — she was informed she will no longer attend training sessions, games or enter the team hotel — Carneiro did not impress her employers at Stamford Bridge by thanking her supporters on Facebook.
Carneiro made one of her first posts on Facebook, having previously been almost silent across social media
The Chelsea doctor tends to be private but she posted on Facebook to thank those backing her judgement
The Portuguese tactician runs down the touchline in order to vent his frustration at his medical team
Mourinho claims he knew star playmaker Eden Hazard did not require treatment as he was just tired
But it will certainly not be lost on Abramovich, who has long been sensitive to bad PR for his football club, that days later the support for Carneiro remains as strong as the criticism for his manager.
Members of the Chelsea hierarchy were left stunned by Mourinho’s decision to use the media to be so highly critical of Carneiro and first-team physio Jon Fearn for taking to the field to treat Hazard during the 2-2 draw against Swansea on Saturday.
After Mourinho’s outburst, there was a mood within the club to put on a united front and move on, but Carneiro believed her professionalism had been publicly questioned and was in no need to back down.
This may not be the first time Mourinho has lost patience with an otherwise highly-regarded specialist in sports medicine, with the management of Diego Costa’s recurring hamstring injury thought to have been an area of contention last season.
It could explain why Mourinho has no apparent desire to issue the public apology Carneiro is understood to be seeking.
However, that did not stop her contemporaries tearing into Chelsea’s manager. The Premier League Doctors’ group accused Mourinho of putting results ahead of a player’s safety.
‘Removing Eva Carneiro from the Chelsea bench is unjust in the extreme,’ a statement read.
‘In the incident against Swansea, the Chelsea medical staff were clearly summoned on by the referee to attend to a player.
‘A refusal to run on to the pitch would have breached the duty of care of the medical team to their patient.
Chelsea's doctor enters the field after Eden Hazard ended up on the ground following a poor challenge
The Chelsea boss leaps into a furious rage which brings him on to the pitch after the pair attend to Hazard
‘It is a huge concern that Dr Carneiro has been subjected to unprecedented media scrutiny and a change in her professional role, merely because she adhered to her code of professional conduct and did her job properly.
‘Dr Carneiro has universal and total support from her medical colleagues at the Premier League Doctors Group.’
Carneiro and Fearn also received support from the Football Medical Association, while Peter Brukner, formerly Liverpool’s head of medicine and now the Australia cricket team doctor, branded Mourinho’s behaviour ‘appalling’.
Brukner told TalkSport: ‘What do you expect the doctor to do? Just ignore the referee beckoning them on? Maybe he should be criticising his player for staying down, rather than the medical staff.
‘The medical staff were responding to the referee’s instruction to come and treat the player. So then to criticise the medical staff publicly in the way that he did was appalling behaviour. The medical staff deserve a public apology and I’m very disappointed that the club hasn’t come out and done something to support them — they were just doing their job.’
Carneiro, who joined the club in 2009, speaks to Chelsea playmaker Oscar and one of her colleagues
Mourinho sits on the bench alongside his staff, while Carneiro (far right) keeps her eyes fixed on the game
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