Jose
Mourinho has criticised the treatment of some of his Chelsea players on
international duty after the manager revealed Diego Costa will miss
Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Maribor, AFP reports.
Mourinho
confirmed Costa – who also missed the 2-1 weekend victory at Crystal
Palace – aggravated an existing hamstring problem during the last
international break with Spain when he faced Slovakia and Luxembourg in
the space of four days.
The Chelsea
manager insists he had no contact with Spain coach Vicente del Bosque or
the national team’s medical staff about Costa’s condition before the
player joined up with the Spanish squad.
And
speaking ahead of the visit of Maribor to Stamford Bridge, he said,
“It’s the same problem that he is having but now an injury, not an
almost injury.
“It’s simple and he is not training because he is not in condition to do it.
“Tomorrow
(Tuesday), he cannot play, let’s see what happens next weekend. But
next weekend does not matter, what is important is tomorrow.”
Mourinho
admitted there was little he could do to influence the way his players
are handled while away with their national teams.
And
he revealed England manager Roy Hodgson was the only national coach to
have contacted him this season to discuss the condition of one of his
players.
Mourinho said, “There are no
rules, no laws to protect. I think it is just the mentality of the
national team coaches or the national teams.
“It is up to them to take good care of the players or to look after them in a selfish way, it is up to the teams, not to us.”
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