Chelsea FC has offered the former physio to the club, Eva
Carneiro a £1.2 million settlement fee after suing the club constructive
dismissal and also another case against former coach of the club, Jose Mourinho
for alleged victimisation and discrimination.
Carneiro’s tribunal began in Croydon on Monday with the case
expected to run over seven to 10 days.
The 42-year-old doctor was publicly criticised by Mourinho
for running on to the pitch to treat Eden Hazard in the closing stages of
Chelsea’s draw with Swansea City on the opening day of the season last August.
Eva Carneiro, who was called “impulsive and naive” by
Mourinho, was then stripped of her first-team duties before she left the club
in September.
Chelsea have confirmed that an “open offer” of £1.2m has
been made Carneiro as a settlement fee.
A statement on behalf of Chelsea and Mourinho stated: “The
respondents have taken these steps only because they believe that it is in
no-one’s interests that this dispute should be determined through litigation.
“They are conscious that, whatever the facts of the matter,
it is likely to be widely and incorrectly assumed that they could have avoided
this coming tribunal.”
Eva Carneiro, however, rejected the settlement offer of £1.2
million before her employment tribunal, official documents have revealed.
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