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Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho has
criticised the club's treatment of former manager Avram Grant,
casting further doubt on his Stamford Bridge future. The
30-year-old centre back currently on duty with Portugal has been
linked with a move to Inter Milan to rejoin former Blues and Porto
boss Jose Mourinho.
Grant was sacked less
than a year after succeeding Mourinho despite leading
Chelsea to the final of the Champions League for the first time and
pushing Manchester United until the final day of the Barclays
Premier League season.
Carvalho told The Sunday Times: "Avram did a great job,
but they still decided to sack him. Yet after Jose Mourinho left,
he picked up the team and got good results. It was very cruel. He
did a great job and he could have carried on, but they decided to
let him go. It was very ruthless.
"The new manager will be my third in a year, and in
football you need stability if you want to be successful."
Chelsea's appointment of Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari as
Grant's successor is likely to be a factor in Carvalho's future
plans but he insists he has not spoken to Mourinho.
"There has been a lot of talk about the new manager and
players coming and going," he added. "I know there are stories
about me, too, and in football you never know what can happen. "But
I have a contract at Chelsea and I have not spoken to Jose Mourinho
about Inter Milan, or to my agent (Jorge Mendes) about a move."