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Now I have a French manager, yo yo yo!

A day after Chelsea accused Gallas of threatening to score own goals, get sent off and make deliberate errors, Gallas has come back with a response.

‘I am surprised and shocked by these remarks. I never said that I would score an own goal. I was very firm in my will to leave, that is clear, and I will explain at the appropriate time why. If people want to hide behind these eccentric charges to explain my departure instead of assuming their responsibilities in front of their supporters, then they can do. All this is very, very petty on behalf of Chelsea. But at the same time, coming on behalf of its new leaders, that does not surprise me. Even if Chelsea has much money, its new leaders lack class.’

Well, he may not have said “Jose Mourinho, if you play me I would score an own goal”. He could have suggested this very easily. I’m reminded of this dialogue from ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’, where Blondie tells Tuco “If you cut down my percentage . . . it might interfere with my aim”, where Blondie plays the role of saving Tuco, who neck is around the rope, by shooting it.

After Chelsea’s statements, Gallas had several ways of responding – to ignore and remain silent, to sue Chelsea for defaming him or hit back with another statement. It was a very strong statement from Chelsea. And it was a club statement and not an individual’s statement (like Jose’s remark on Anders Frisk). Before Chelsea published this statement in the official website, I’m sure they would have consulted their lawyers, checked their evidences and got their facts right. But despite all this, I expected Gallas to sue Chelsea for libel. This is the last accusation a professional footballer, especially a defender, should expect from the club where he served for about 5 years. Considering the seriousness of the situation, if Gallas believed he had not done anything wrong, he should have sued Chelsea. On the other hand, Chelsea have been very kind in not officially reporting this to the authorities to have him banned or punished severely.

The fact that he has not taken it legally, confims that he just wanted to hit back but not at the risk of proven wrong. May be thats why he didn’t want to go legal. He didn’t even suggest taking it to the court. His statement of calling this accusation ‘very very petty on behalf of Chelsea’ really amuses me. What would you expect to do, if you make such stupid threats to a club which is always bigger and more important that you? Now, people say, on Ashley Cole’s departure, Arsenal did it with style by wishing him goodluck. Come on, you cannot compare the Ashley Cole situation and William Gallas situation. Now, you can’t fake that both blunders are equal or something. Ashley broke the rules and he did get penalised for it and Gallas ruins everything – professionalism, team spirit, work ethics, honesty and he goes scot-free? If Ashley had done the same thing to Arsenal, I would never have accepted him as a Chelsea fan or even as a football fan, despite all his skills and experience.

Let’s remember, till now, Gallas has not explained why he wants to leave Chelsea. He can’t say he has not won anything. Well, he has won more than he could have won anywhere else (there is a team of Real Madrid who haven’t seen anything for 3 years now). He can’t say he is underpaid as we all know that he was offered a very handsome package which he refused. He can’t say he is played out of position. We have Boulahrouz and Jose did promise that Gallas would be in centre this season. He can’t say he wants experience a different league (something he had months back) as he is going to play only for the ‘pass-pass-lose-the-ball’ crap of Arsennielle. And he says he would wait for the appropriate time. Let’s wait for another round of bullshit from Gallas. All-in-all, it was a poor clearance from Gallas.