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Chelsea Have Mental Problem – Sarri
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri admits his team have a ‘mental problem’ but insists he is comfortable with his relationship with the owner Roman Abramovich, reports Daily Mail.
Sarri revealed that he and his beleaguered team held one hour of crisis talks on Monday morning after the 6-0 defeat at Manchester City.
Sarri is under-fire after his side slumped to sixth in the Premier League table following three consecutive away defeats in which his team have conceded 12 goals and failed to score. Marcos Alonso, who was hooked in the second-half against City, has been left at home despite being fit.
Arriving in Sweden on Wednesday evening ahead of the Europa League knockout tie against Malmo, Sarri was further under the microscope as chairman Bruce Buck took a seat beside journalists in the press conference to observe proceedings. Buck has attended press conferences before but in the current context it felt significant.
Sarri moved to clarify comments he was reported to have made to Italian media after the defeat at City, in which he was alleged to have said that he ‘never’ hears from Abramovich.
“‘I never said never. Not very often, but not never,” Sarri said.
Asked if he has spoken to Abramovich this season, Sarri said, “Yes of course. Not in this week. Not in the last three weeks. I’d like to speak to somebody at the club, not necessarily with the owner. I usually speak with Marina Granovskaia (club director), and that is enough.”
“We talked all together for one hour the day after the match. We arrived at the match with the right level of motivation. After the first goal, we were not able to react or do anything. So the problem is different. But it’s always a mind problem, a mental problem, so we need to solve them.”
Super Eagles winger, Ademola Lookman, has been named the CAF Footballer of the Year for the past year.
Lookman was announced as the winner at an elaborate event in Marrakech, Morocco on Monday night.
The Atalanta star won the prize ahead of Ivory Coast’s Simon Adingra and PSG’s Achraf Hakimi, Guinea striker Serhou Guirassy and South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams.
It has been an incredible year for Lookman, who became the first player to score a hat-trick in the Europa League/UEFA Cup final since 1975, netting the three goals within 26 minutes against Bayer Leverkusen.
Lookman was included in the Team of the Year for the Europa League, and ended the season having had a direct hand in 18 top flight goals for La Dea.
The 27-year-old was ranked the 14th best player during the Ballon d’Or gala on October 28.
The Swedish Prosecution Authority announced today that the inquiry into rape allegations against French footballer Kylian Mbappé has been closed due to a lack of sufficient evidence to proceed.
This is according to multiple reports on Thursday morning.
The allegations had drawn international attention, casting a shadow over the football star’s career.
Mbappé, who had consistently denied the allegations, has yet to make an official statement regarding the decision
His legal team had previously emphasised his commitment to due process.
Mbappe was “linked to rape investigation in Sweden” and that he intended to reserve any explanations for the Swedish justice system “if necessary,” according to his lawyer, Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard.
“He prioritises providing his explanations, if required, to the Swedish judiciary,” Canu-Bernard told AFP, while strongly condemning “media allegations suggesting that Kylian Mbappé had commented on the events of his trip to Stockholm.”
The case, which began earlier this year, involved accusations stemming from an alleged incident in Stockholm. The prosecutor’s decision not to press charges marks the end of months of scrutiny and speculation.
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