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.
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 Thibaut Courtois’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 Dr Carneiro will not be on the bench,
but it doesn’t mean Sunday is the rest of our season
or our careers,” Mourinho said 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.
“You can take your conclusion from what I told you
about my relations with everyone who works with
me. Or with the majority of the persons who work
with me.
“It is an open relation, it is a relation that is open to
disagreement, it is a relation that is open to critic.
The game is a very emotional space for all of us.
“If a player has a bad reaction with a colleague, if a
player has a bad reaction towards any member of the
staff…football is football, and the match is a match
and everything in the match can be different.
“And especially after the meeting I had with my
medical staff yesterday where I got enough feedback
to understand the way we are doing things together
since two years ago, and the kind of relation we have
between all of us allows us to have this kind of
relation.”
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