Tribunal to lift lid on Mourinho row with club doctor
EMBARRASSING details of the row between Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and sacked team doctor Eva Carneiro are likely to be aired in public after she and the club failed to reach a settlement yesterday.
Dr Carneiro, 42, was attacked by Mourinho for running on to the pitch to treat an injured player during Chelsea’s first game of the season last August. He later criticised her as ‘impulsive and naïve’.
She is now claiming unfair dismissal after leaving the club last September without a settlement and attended a preliminary hearing at London South Employment Tribunal in Croydon yesterday.
Mourinho’s public criticism of the sports doctor is believed to have played a significant part in the club’s decision to sack him last month.
He now faces further embarrassment, with text messages and emails sent by him and Miss Carneiro likely to be used as evidence during the tribunal.
Mourinho did not attend the hearing but could be ordered to do so when the full tribunal commences, facing a possible fine of £1,000 if he does not show up.
Dr Carneiro, who joined Chelsea in 2009 and became first team doctor in 2011, made no comment as she left after three hours at the hearing. Her lawyer, Mary O’Rourke QC, said there was no settlement but a date was fixed for the next hearing.