Former Chelsea defender, William Gallas has urged manager Mauricio Pochettino to drop Noni Madueke from his side’s squad to face Arsenal in Tuesday’s Premier League tie.
The Frenchman wants Pochettino to discipline the 22-year-old over his attitude following Chelsea’s FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City a few days ago.
“Behind Thiago Silva, [he] was joking with Jack Grealish,” Gallas told Lord Ping when asked about Madueke’s actions at Wembley last weekend.
“Someone needs to explain to me how Madueke can behave like this. Someone tell me why Madueke was smiling.
“You’ve just lost the semi-final. You don’t share a joke with your friend on the pitch after you’ve just lost a game of this magnitude
“I was shocked by Madueke’s reaction. It upsets me a lot. The Madueke incident just shows you that this Chelsea team lacks maturity.
“I don’t understand it. You’ve just lost your last chance of a trophy and you are smiling? Don’t you care?
“Thiago is a 39-year-old – he’s won it all – and he is in tears. Then you see a young boy who is 22 and he is making a joke!”
He added, “Idon’t know what is going to happen with Noni Madueke after this. I think the club and the manager have to stand up and take the responsibility and discipline the player.
“I’m sorry. He should not be in the squad for the Arsenal game. There are so many cameras that film absolutely everything on the pitch.”
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