Chelsea star Michael Ballack has defended himself against accusations that he played a part in the dismissal of Luiz Felipe Scolari from Stamford Bridge, although confirmed he speaks regularly with Blues owner Roman Abramovich.
Scolari was surprisingly sacked last week after just seven months in charge of the club.
Reports suggested player power helped remove Scolari from his post with Ballack, Petr Čech and Didier Drogba allegedly key in influencing Abramovich to ditch the Brazilian gaffer.
Ballack revealed it was normal for Chelsea players to speak with Abramovich but insists he had a good relationship with Scolari.
He told The Sun: "I was surprised when I heard about what I was supposed to have done.
"I always had a lot of good words about Scolari.
"But it is normal in a club for players to speak with directors.
"If people speak with each other, even if you don’t have the success you want, it happens.
"It happened under other coaches at Chelsea. It’s normal as Roman comes in the dressing room and speaks with players."
However, Ballack agreed there had been difficulties understanding what Scolari was trying to say.
He added: "Sometimes the language was not a problem though sometimes I felt he wanted to explain much more than he could with his language.
"He put a lot of effort in the team. Sometimes if you don’t win, it’s not an easy situation for everybody. We didn’t get the results."
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Scolari was surprisingly sacked last week after just seven months in charge of the club.
Reports suggested player power helped remove Scolari from his post with Ballack, Petr Čech and Didier Drogba allegedly key in influencing Abramovich to ditch the Brazilian gaffer.
Ballack revealed it was normal for Chelsea players to speak with Abramovich but insists he had a good relationship with Scolari.
He told The Sun: "I was surprised when I heard about what I was supposed to have done.
"I always had a lot of good words about Scolari.
"But it is normal in a club for players to speak with directors.
"If people speak with each other, even if you don’t have the success you want, it happens.
"It happened under other coaches at Chelsea. It’s normal as Roman comes in the dressing room and speaks with players."
However, Ballack agreed there had been difficulties understanding what Scolari was trying to say.
He added: "Sometimes the language was not a problem though sometimes I felt he wanted to explain much more than he could with his language.
"He put a lot of effort in the team. Sometimes if you don’t win, it’s not an easy situation for everybody. We didn’t get the results."
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