Scolari names the play who got him sacked at Chelsea
Scolari took over as manager of Chelsea on July 1st 2008 but despite having a good season, he was sacked on February 9th 2009 – 7 months into his term at Stamford Bridge.
The Brazilian has never spoken against the club but today, he’s named the player who was responsible for his sacking. He claims that it was Anelka who was the main reason for the board to let go of Scolari.
“I had Anelka playing up front. Nine. Top scorer in the league, The players return, I make a meeting, and in the meeting I say: ‘Look, now that the players have all returned, Drogba is back after two months, we will try to work a situation involving the two attackers playing one by the side, one in the centre, changing positions’” Scolari told ESPN Brazil.
But the Frenchman was not willing to play on the wings and retaliated. “‘Then Anelka, the league’s top scorer, said: ‘I do not play on the wing’. Well, that’s when I said: ‘You don’t play on the wing, one’s going to be on the left, it’s over, I’m not going to stay here arguing with you guys’.” add the former manager.
“’I left there and our team was third in the league, three or four points behind top. Qualified for the round-of-16 or quarter-finals of the Champions League. But there was this bad environment, that situation.”
Over to you Anelka, it’s time for your version of the story.
