Chelsea defender Gary Cahill says it has been ‘very hard’ to respect manager Maurizio Sarri this season as his career at Stamford Bridge draws to a close.
The 32-year-old defender is set to leave west London when his contract expires at the end of the season having been limited to just 21 minutes of Premier League football this season.
Sarri has suggested this season that Cahill is not technically good enough to be a regular starter for him with Antonio Rudiger and David Luiz the Italian’s preferred partnership at the back.
But in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Cahill has lauched a stinging attack on the Blues boss, insisting he will “erase” a “terrible” season under Sarri from his memory.
"It's been very difficult. I have played on a regular basis over the previous six seasons and I've won everything with Chelsea, so to be watching from the stands is something I didn't expect.
"I know how the whole club works, I've got a big relationship with all the players and staff, and yet none of that has been utilised.
"If you are not playing a player, any player, for two, three, four games, then you don't have to give a reason for that.
"But if it gets to eight or nine games, then you have to explain the situation. What's going on? But the manager hasn't done that.
"I see some of the situations with players who won the title with Chelsea, not just myself, and it just hasn't been right. It makes it very hard for me to have respect for someone who has not respected what some of us have won with the club."
