Eva Carneiro arrived in Croydon this morning for a private employment tribunal which represents the last chance of settling her dispute with Chelsea and Jose Mourinho settled behind closed doors.

The Blues and Mourinho face the prospect of their disagreement with the club’s former first-team doctor being made public in June if no settlement is reached.

Carneiro is claiming constructive dismissal against Chelsea and is pursuing a separate personal legal action against Mourinho for alleged victimisation and discrimination.

Chelsea, Carneiro and Mourinho will all be represented at today’s proceedings, which will be conducted in private, in south London.

Carneiro was publicly blasted by axed Chelsea boss Mourinho in August in the wake of the Premier League club’s draw with Swansea.

If no agreement is reached between all three parties today, Chelsea and Mourinho risk the possible embarrassment of witness statements and documents being made public.

Even texts and emails could be released, according to reports, which could prove damaging.

An initial tribunal hearing for Carneiro was held in January but there was no conclusive outcome after three hours of talks.

Eva Carneiro and head physio Jon Fearn (L) treat Chelsea's Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard
Petr Cech (C) leaves the pitch accompanied by team doctor Eva Carneiro (L) due to an injury
Thibaut Courtois of Chelsea is given treatment by Eva Carneiro

The 42-year-old doctor was dropped from first-team duties after Mourinho criticised her and the first-team physio Jon Fearn for going onto the pitch to treat Eden Hazard on the opening day of the season.

The action meant that Chelsea were temporarily down to nine men against Swansea, and afterwards Mourinho called Carneiro and Fearn "impulsive and naive".

Carneiro did not appear on the bench again for first-team duties and later parted company with the club.

Mourinho was cleared of using discriminatory language towards her following an investigation by the Football Association.

Afterwards, Carneiro and the FA's independent board member Dame Heather Rabbatts criticised the governing body for not interviewing the doctor as part of its investigation.

Carneiro has also had backing from FIFA's medical chairman Michel D'Hooghe, who contacted the doctor to offer his support and that of the world governing body. He has backed Carneiro's insistence that she was simply doing her job.

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