Marc Cucurella may face questions after his barber appeared to leak Chelsea's team news before their dismal 3-0 defeat to Brighton on Tuesday night. An image of Cucurella having his hair cut was posted on X prior to kick-off, with a caption claiming Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro were both injured. The post was quickly removed and the account deleted.
Both players were indeed absent from the match at the Amex Stadium, where Chelsea fell to a limp defeat. This is not the first time Chelsea have suffered a team news leak under manager Liam Rosenior. Details of his line-up were revealed to French media ahead of both Champions League last-16 legs against Paris Saint-Germain, leading Rosenior to say the "mole" had been "dealt with" and that it had not come from malicious intent.
Rosenior was furious after the loss, which extended Chelsea's run to five straight Premier League defeats without scoring - their worst such sequence in 114 years. "It was unacceptable in every aspect of the game," he said. "Unacceptable in attitude. I keep coming out and defending the players but that's indefensible... We lost 80 per cent of duels. We didn't win a header."
The Chelsea manager's future is now in doubt, with the club's hierarchy reportedly set to meet on Wednesday to discuss whether to end his tenure just four months after his appointment.
