What happened to Eva Carneiro and how ex-Chelsea physio got last laugh over Jose Mourinho

It was the infinitesimal that shattered the illusion of unity astatine Chelsea - a touchline tempest that spiralled into 1 of the astir infamous bust-ups successful Premier League history.

Eva Carneiro, the club's respected squad doctor, had rushed onto the transportation to dainty an injured Eden Hazard, lone to beryllium met with Jose Mourinho's seething fury. What should person been a regular enactment of aesculapian work alternatively ignited a warfare of words, a toxic departure, and a bitter ineligible conflict that would yet redefine Carneiro's vocation - and tarnish Mourinho's reputation.

Yet, successful the end, it was Carneiro who had the past laugh. As Chelsea's play unravelled, Mourinho's once-glowing aura faded, and his authorization crumbled successful the months that followed.

Here, Mirror Football revisits 1 of Stamford Bridge's astir bizarre interior conflicts successful caller memory, breaking down what happened, its aftermath, and wherever things basal today.

Carneiro joined Chelsea successful 2009 aft abbreviated spells with some West Ham and the England women's nationalist team. The Gibraltar native, who earned a aesculapian grade from the University of Nottingham, was promoted to archetypal squad duties successful 2011 erstwhile Andre Villas-Boas was manager, and remained successful the relation nether successors Roberto Di Matteo, Rafael Benitez and Mourinho.

For 2 years, her moving narration with 'The Special One' remained trouble-free - but that each changed connected the opening time of the 2015/16 campaign. Chelsea, who were looking to commencement the defence of their Premier League crown with a regular triumph implicit Swansea astatine Stamford Bridge, ran into occupation aft goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was sent disconnected successful the 2nd half.

Shortly after, Hazard went down with a knock, prompting Carneiro and chap physio Jon Fearn to unreserved onto the tract to thin to the Belgian, astatine which constituent Mourinho flew into a rage, owed to the information Chelsea were past forced to play connected with 9 men for a play portion Hazard was treated connected the broadside of the pitch.

After the game, the Blues brag explained wherefore helium was truthful aggravated with his staff, whom helium branded "impulsive and naive". "I wasn't blessed due to the fact that adjacent if you are a aesculapian doc oregon caput connected the bench, you person to recognize the game. You had to cognize you person 1 subordinate less," helium said.

"So if you spell to the transportation to assistance a subordinate you indispensable beryllium definite the subordinate has a superior problem. I was definite Eden [Hazard] didn't person a superior problem. He had a sound and was very, precise tired. My aesculapian section [were] naive. They near maine astatine a counter-attack with 2 players less."

Later, it was claimed that Mourinho had called Carneiro "filha da puta", a Portuguese insult which translates arsenic "daughter of a b****/w****". Mourinho, however, insisted helium said "filho da puta" [son of a b****/w****] instead, comparing the insult to 'f*** off'. "Filho da puta is simply a operation I often use, each of the players cognize it," helium explained. "There is nary sexist connotation successful the usage of the operation - it is conscionable similar saying 'f*** off'."

After consulting a Portuguese connection expert, the FA cleared Mourinho of making discriminatory remarks towards Carneiro. Nonetheless, accusations of sexism stuck, and the narration betwixt Mourinho and Carneiro deteriorated, prompting the erstwhile to demote the second from first-team duties. She resigned a small implicit a period later.

In October 2015, conscionable a fewer days aft her departure, lawyers acting connected behalf of Carneiro served announcement of a assertion of constructive dismissal against Chelsea. Carneiro besides lodged a assertion of enactment favoritism and harassment against Mourinho himself.

Private negotiations connected some fronts took spot successful aboriginal 2016, by which constituent Mourinho had already been sacked pursuing Chelsea's dismal commencement to the season. The nine issued an unreserved apology for distress caused to Carneiro and her family, saying successful a statement: "We privation to spot connected grounds that successful moving onto the transportation Dr Carneiro was pursuing some the rules of the crippled and fulfilling her work to the players arsenic a doctor, putting their information first."

An employment tribunal heard that she rejected a £1.2million colony deal, and refused to instrumentality to enactment unless she received a 40 per cent summation successful salary, a severance outgo of a year's salary, information successful a bonus strategy "to decently reward maine for my publication to the club's success", and a "substantial payment" successful compensation for distress.

Just minutes earlier she was acceptable to springiness testimony, Carneiro agreed to a colony successful her lawsuit against Chelsea. According to the Daily Mail, the statement included a £5m pay-off, on with the withdrawal of her assertion against Mourinho, though details of the woody were ne'er officially released.

In a statement, Carneiro said: "I americium relieved that contiguous we person been capable to reason this tribunal case. It has been an highly hard and distressing clip for maine and my household and I present look guardant to moving guardant with my life. My precedence has ever been the wellness and information of the players and fulfilling my work of attraction arsenic a doctor."

Given the size of her reported payoff and Chelsea's 'unreserved' apology, it's just to accidental that Carneiro got the past laugh.

In the years since her Chelsea exit, Carneiro, present 51, has worked with a backstage practice, the Sports Medical Group, located connected Harley Street, London. She besides acted arsenic a backstage advisor for the Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital successful Qatar up of the 2022 World Cup.

In 2024, she branched retired into shot nine ownership by investing successful Isthmian League Premier Division squad Lewes FC. Judy Murray, parent of tennis fable Andy Murray, besides owns a involvement successful the club, arsenic does British singer-songwriter Kate Nash.

Despite landing backmost connected her feet, Carneiro admitted that things weren't casual for her pursuing her Chelsea departure, which she claims earnestly impacted her career. "It's intolerable to spell done thing that I went done for the champion portion of a twelvemonth of my beingness and not beryllium changed by it," she told talkSPORT successful 2020. "But it hasn't enactment maine disconnected astatine all.

"It's just to accidental I needed clip off, I needed to bask my occupation again and beryllium a doc again without the complications of being successful the limelight. I was successful each insubstantial successful each state for a truly agelong clip and I wasn't astatine each comfy with that.

"Certain individuals successful shot wanted to dainty maine similar I did thing incorrect erstwhile it was wide I was lone doing my job. In football, whether it's racism, kid abuse, jock safeguarding and respect for the aesculapian attraction - a alteration of civilization is needed to alteration the things which are disfigured astir it."

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