Mourinho was furious with Blues doctor Eva Carneiro and physio Jon Fearn after both ran onto the pitch during the 2-2 draw with Swansea on August 8 to treat Eden Hazard, who appeared to be injured.

The move briefly left Chelsea down to nine men, with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois having earlier been sent off.

The Portuguse said the pair’s actions were “impulsive and naive” and showed that they did not “understand the game”.

Carneiro had her role significantly reduced in the wake of the affair.

The Gibraltar-born medic was asked to return to work at Chelsea’s Cobham training facility last week, the BBC reported, but apparently elected not to do so.

The Daily Mail claims that she has consulted employment lawyers about her situation, suggesting that her reported refusal to turn up could actually have been prompted by their advice since, “arriving at Cobham would have amounted to accepting the new terms of her employment after being publicly stripped of first team duties.”

Credit: Eurosport