Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, has hit back at Spain defender Sergio Ramos and Vicente del Bosque, as the tug of war over Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas rumbles on.
Both players were declared unfit to play during the international break, but featured for the entire game as the Blues beat West Brom 2-0.
Costa scored the first goal, while Fabregas’ corner was converted by Eden Hazard at the near post.
Last week, Ramos was quoted as saing some players were not showing commitment to the national team, but later insisted he was not talking about the Chelsea players.
“Since I’ve known Sergio Ramos he has been a fantastic football player, but he is not a doctor. He is not a doctor and I am the same. I do my job the best I can but I am not a doctor,” he is quoted as saying by the Mirror.
“My doctor and the doctor of the Spanish national team, they had the scans and they decided that the player was not in the condition to play.
“I am nobody to go against it and I don’t think Sergio did a medicine Masters in the last couple of years to understand about it.
“[Vincent] Kompany didn’t play for Belgium against Wales and he played today [Saturday]. Has he a compromise with his national team? I think he has. He is the captain of Belgium.
“Did he, how do you say, ‘cheat’ by not playing against Wales to play today? I don’t think he did. So we all accept that he was injured.”
Mourinho also used the opportunity to take another shot at Del Bosque and claimed that it is not his fault if he does not trust his medial staff.
“I trust my doctor 100 per cent. If Del Bosque doesn’t trust his doctor that is his problem, not my problem. I speak with my doctor and I believe in what my doctor tells me. Nothing else. No problem,” he said.
“Fabregas was in a doubtful situation, Diego no. Diego recovered totally from his problem with these two weeks that he had to rest and to improve his injury.
“Fabregas is different. Fabregas survived. Diego no, Diego now is in great condition.”
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