A little over 13 and a half years ago, the owner of Chelsea, Roman Abramovich, stunned the world of football when he decided to give the keys to one of the best teams in the world to an unknown Israeli named Abraham Grant. The Israeli coach managed to lead the club to the Champions League final for the first time in its history, but John Terry’s slip in the penalty shootout against Manchester United prevented him from entering history with a trophy.
Even many years after that appointment, he still remains in the memory of the players who were on the Chelsea squad at the time. One of them is the Peruvian striker, Claudio Pissarro, Who retired at the end of last season and recalled a video interview on social media: “I came to Chelsea and after three months fired Mourinho, and then came Avraham Grant, an Israeli coach, a very nice guy, but what to do, he is not at the same level as the great coaches of all. I learned something from the coaches I had, Avraham just wasn’t at the same level. ”
Pissarro, as you understand, was not impressed with Grant, who did not give him many opportunities, especially when he was preceded by Didier Drogba. “When I came to Chelsea I was sure I was going to win everything because it was an amazing team, the best I played in,” Pissarro noted, “in the end we finished in second place in all the factories. .
“The players were not happy because they were very connected to Mourinho and then the next president (Roman Abramovich) and appointed a coach, and they did not like it,” Pissarro continued. “.
