'He's a tyrant': Former Arsenal star blasts Jose Mourinho over Eva Carneiro treatment

Jose Mourinho is in the midst of his worst period as Chelsea boss

FORMER Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Petit has attacked Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho for his behaviour, describing him as a 'tyrant'.

 

Petit believes a "darker side" of the Portguese has come out in recent weeks, following the fall-out from the incident with former team doctor Eva Carneiro.

Earlier in the week, the Football Association cleared Mourinho of making discriminatory comments to Carneiro after she and head physio Jon Fearn gave treatment to Eden Hazard.

 

Mourinho publicly criticised the doctor and downgraded Carneiro's role at the club before she then decided to leave her position.

FA chairman Greg Dyke said Mourinho suffered a "failure of his personal judgement and public behaviour" in the incident.

Petit, who played 76 times for Chelsea in the latter stages of his career, admitted he likes Mourinho but was unhappy with his treatment of Carneiro.

 

He said: "I like Jose Mourinho but recently I've been under the impression that his darker side has come to the fore.

"He is nebulous, a tyrant.

"It's a pity because I really like him and I would have liked to play under him. He has this crazy side that I like. He is anti-conformist. He speaks his mind. He has faith in his own methods and ideas. I think of him as a guru.

 

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"Nobody has managed to accomplish what he has done at all the clubs he's coached.

"People can say that Mourinho is an idiot, he is annoying, a megalomaniac, paranoid or whatever but we need to be honest: he has won at every team he has coached, except for the Champions League during his time at Real Madrid.

"But recently I didn't like what happened with Eva Carneiro.

"If it had happened privately, if it had been leaked or whatever, I would have accepted it but it was public. Everybody saw it.

"He didn't hide his insult towards her. It was degrading, insulting, and I can understand why she didn't want to go back to work."