Ben Haim faces fine after Grant outburst

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The Blues manager is set for showdown talks with his fellow Israeli, following Ben Haim's attack on his coaching credentials, and is expected to take disciplinary action.

Ben Haim, who signed on a free transfer from Bolton last summer when Jose Mourinho was still in charge, has been frozen out under Grant and has said he wouldn't have joined the club if he'd known the Israeli had been going to take over.

Ben Haim is believed to earn around £45,000 a week and Premier League players' contracts stipulate a maximum of two weeks' salary for breaches of club discipline.

When asked if he will fine Ben Haim, Grant said: "Let's wait and see. It's internal business and if the player is wrong we have to deal with it. I will handle it my way and it is not for the public.

"I need to speak to Tal first but I don't think Jose ever told him he would play before John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho and Alex, but I will ask him."

The 26-year-old centre-half had earlier castigated Grant, saying: "Jose Mourinho is the reason I came to Chelsea and if I knew Avram Grant was going to be the coach then I would have signed for another club.

"The fact is while Jose was the coach I played most of the games and people who know me know that I would not have come here to be a reserve. I knew that nothing good would come with Grant as Chelsea coach."