Some of the stories in Friday’s newspapers involving Chelsea…
There continues to be speculation over Maurizio Sarri’s position in the wake of Chelsea’s recent 4-0 thrashing at Bournemouth.
The Daily Mail say the head coach did not travel home on the team coach after the game and was instead driven by car back to London.
The Italian is reported to have accused his players of ignoring his instructions during the game.
The Mail say sources have insisted that Sarri travelled by car so he could assess the defeat away from the noise of the team.
But the newspaper suggests he was “visibly dismayed” and that “his unusual decision could indicate a disharmony between the head coach and his players.”
Sarri, who asked his backroom staff to leave the dressing room so he could speak to the players, is said to have asked the squad if they feel he is the reason for recent poor results.
The Times run a similar story, declaring that Sarri appeared “plagued by self doubt” and “unusually insecure and vulnerable” while asking his players if he was the reason for their woeful display.
The Times also say club owner Roman Abramovich has sent text messages to Sarri asking for an explanation for Chelsea’s recent slump.
The Daily Telegraph, meanwhile, say Chelsea star Eden Hazard was singled out for criticism during the dressing-room meeting, with Sarri apparently accusing him in particular of failing to follow instructions.
The Guardian and The Sun both run stories suggesting that Sarri’s job is safe for now but that there are concerns over his style of play.
This post was last modified on 02/02/2019
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I see that Sarri is running out of his mind. insisting to play Jorginho in Defensive midfield role is not a right decision for him. Jorginho mistakes has been exposed and every team already know how to hold him down. So it time for Sarri to make some changes in his formation. Secondly, we need fresh legs in the team...... he should start playing Odoi, Cheek.
Sarri strong head and some want aways is killing the team
How about David Liuz playing in Jorgino role? He can make mistakes in central defence but he can defend and is a beter technical passer than Kante.
Simply bench Jorginho for Loftus, restore Kante to his rightful position and develop the right attitude towards Eden. Sarri u must know that Chelsea is bigger than u. Do ur job well or else the big man will certainly put u in ur rightful position. Be careful.
Sarri is to blame for Chelsea's abysmal performance because of his refusal to play Kante in his proper position as a defensive midfielder and for sticking with Jorginho who should be on the bench and should be behind Loftus Cheek on the pecking order. Jorginho is simply a liability to Chelsea. If Sarri doesn't take time, he will be shown the door soon.
I don't think this post got to them if it does he (Sari) should know by now that Jorginho is useless to the team, or does it means he doesn't see things the way we fans are seeing it or he sees it he just choose to ignore them, because if he Sari knows how we fans feel any time Chelsea looses match even honorably it breaks our hearts, even some of us do have nightmares not to talk of this miserable lost against a team like Bournemouth Haa what a disgrace, he should find something to do about it we Chelsea fan we don't want to see Chelsea below top 4 comes the end of the season full stop
Sari odd is topping the chat to be next manager to be sacked! So the choice should be his!.
IF SARRI THINKS KANTE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH IN HIS FORMER POSITION THEN HE IS ASSURED OF HEART BREAK NOT ONLY FOR HIM BUT FOR CHELSEA FANS. PUT KANTE BACK IN HIS ROLE PERIOD
Sari odd is topping the chat to be next manager to be sacked! So the choice should be his!.
Kante to play his position, drop gorginho sarri and play loftus