Chelsea board are unhappy with Maurizio Sarri over his treatment of Callum Hudson-Odoi and his decision to publicly criticise his players on several occasions this season.
Sarri is under pressure after Chelsea suffered their heaviest league defeat in 23 years with the 4-0 loss away to Bournemouth on Wednesday evening.
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The Times claim the Italian will be given time to turn things around but there is growing unease at some of the 60-year-old's methods both on and off the pitch.
The report claims that Sarri's decision to scarcely utilise Callum Hudson-Odoi in the first half of the season has made Chelsea's hierarchy sad.
Chelsea are desperate to fend off interest from Bayern Munich and get Hudson-Odoi to commit to a new deal, but the winger is keen to join the Bundesliga champions and handed in a transfer request last week.
Chelsea's board are also said to be unhappy with Sarri's decision to criticise his player in public after their negative results.
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Following the defeat to Bournemouth, Sarri went as far as claiming that his players had not even learnt the basics of his style of play.
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