Chelsea
manager Jose Mourinho on Friday confirmed reports that team doctor Eva Carneiro
and head physiotherapist Jon Fearn have been removed from match-day duties, but
said it was not permanent, AFP reports.
Mourinho
was angered when Carneiro and Fearn ran on to treat Eden Hazard during last
weekend’s 2-2 draw with Swansea City, which temporarily left Chelsea with nine
players due to ThibautCourtois’s earlier dismissal.
Reports
emerged on Tuesday that Carneiro and Fearn would no longer attend matches or
training sessions, but while Mourinho said they would not be on the bench for
Sunday’s game at Manchester City, it was not a permanent move.
“Jon Fearn and DrCarneiro will not be on the
bench, but it doesn’t mean Sunday is the rest of our season or our careers,”
Mourinho told journalists at his weekly press conference.
“They
won’t be on the bench on Sunday. That’s clear, it’s my decision, my
responsibility, but it doesn’t mean they won’t be in the future.”
Mourinho
did not disclose why Carneiro and Fearn had been sidelined for the trip to the
Etihad Stadium, but said that he had a “very, very good relationship” with his
medical department.
Speaking
after the Swansea game, Mourinho said that Carneiro and Fearn had been
“impulsive and naive” by going on to treat Hazard and said their behaviour
showed that they did not “understand the game”.
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