Chelsea were cruel to sack Grant
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Chelsea were cruel to sack Avram Grant, claims Ricardo Carvalho as he ponders future
Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho has criticised the club's treatment of former manager Avram Grant, casting further doubt on his Stamford Bridge future. The 30-year-old centre back currently on duty with Portugal has been linked with a move to Inter Milan to rejoin former Blues and Porto boss Jose Mourinho.
Grant was sacked less than a year after succeeding Mourinho despite leading Chelsea to the final of the Champions League for the first time and pushing Manchester United until the final day of the Barclays Premier League season.
Carvalho told The Sunday Times: "Avram did a great job, but they still decided to sack him. Yet after Jose Mourinho left, he picked up the team and got good results. It was very cruel. He did a great job and he could have carried on, but they decided to let him go. It was very ruthless.
"The new manager will be my third in a year, and in football you need stability if you want to be successful." Chelsea's appointment of Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari as Grant's successor is likely to be a factor in Carvalho's future plans but he insists he has not spoken to Mourinho.
"There has been a lot of talk about the new manager and players coming and going," he added. "I know there are stories about me, too, and in football you never know what can happen. "But I have a contract at Chelsea and I have not spoken to Jose Mourinho about Inter Milan, or to my agent (Jorge Mendes) about a move."
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weird leh...this article was before the appointment of scholari...
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Originally posted by Y_Shun:
weird leh...this article was before the appointment of scholari...
Nothng weird about it, It was publish today.http://www.lep.co.uk/latest-national-sport/Chelsea-cruel-to-sack-Grant.4187080.jp