Eva Carneiro saga
We often hear about spats between managers and players or managers and staff happening in private, but Mourinho allowed this once to go very public. With Chelsea already down to 10 men after Thibaut Courtois had been sent off for Chelsea, Eva Carneiro, the club doctor, went onto the pitch to treat Eden Hazard, meaning he would have to temporarily leave the pitch and leave the side down to nine men.
Mourinho used some rather ‘strong’ Portuguese expletives in his rage at the incident on the touchline and the uproar that followed, seeing Carneiro leave the club, caused a media storm and subsequent legal action taken by the former first team doctor.
Ironically Eva could reportedly be set for a return to the club since Mourinho’s sacking and it certainly didn’t help Mourinho’s case. However, little did the 52-year-old know what was going to follow in the coming months. Putting it simply, Mourinho’s first game of the season started off as the club meant to go on… chaos.
It would have put pressure on Roman Abramovich to act in some way, and was certainly embarrassing for the reputation of the club to be put on the line by the club’s most successful manager.
