Ramires: Stars went missing on Villas-Boas

Chelsea midfielder Ramires has hit out at some of his team-mates and accused them of hiding when Andre Villas-Boas was in charge.

The Brazilian, who is set to start in today’s FA Cup final against Liverpool but is suspended for the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in a fortnight, fully supported Villas-Boas before the Portuguese was sacked in March.

But on the eve of Chelsea’s first chance to win silverware for two years, Ramires has revealed that some players did not want to play for the club while Villas-Boas was in charge. “There were players who didn’t want the ball because they had no confidence in themselves under Andre and, in fact, there were players who did not want to play,” said Ramires.