PETULANT Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is to be the subject of an individual legal claim from former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro in addition to the action she is bringing against the club for constructive dismissal, it was revealed yesterday.

Legal papers will be served on Mourinho this week as part of separate but connected claims against him and against the club.

It means the Portuguese manager will have to appear in person at an employment tribunal unless the case is settled out of court beforehand. Under employment law, an individual can be personally liable for damages if victimisation or discrimination can be proved.

The claim against Mourinho will be on the basis that he was instrumental in the actions against Carneiro in having her dropped from first-team duties and demoted.

The latest development will heap even more pressure on the 52-year-old who has seen his side lose six out of 11 matches in the Premier League so far leaving the reigning champions in 15th place.

The controversy over Carneiro goes back to August 8, the opening day of the season, when Mourinho publicly humiliated her and head physio Jon Fearn for going on

to the pitch to treat an uninjured Eden Hazard who was tired, who asked referee Michael Oliver to call the pair on.

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 is now bringing a claim for constructive dismissal after leaving the club in September.

The doctor’s lawyers said neither she nor they could comment as the case is sub judice. Chelsea did not respond when asked if they wished to comment.

Mourinho was cleared of using discriminatory language — he allegedly called her a “daughter of a whore” in Portuguese — following an investigation by the Football Association, which caused further controversy after Carneiro revealed she had not been spoken to personally during the probe, nor asked to provide any statement.

The FA’s chief executive Martin Glenn and head of governance Darren Bailey are to be quizzed about the handling of the case by the governing body’s Inclusion Advisory Board later this month.

The IAB’s chair Heather Rabbatts is also under investigation by the FA following her comments criticising officials for not speaking to Carneiro during the Mourinho investigation.

It has been reported that Championship club Charlton may offer Carneiro a job.