Is Eva a silly woman or a brave and clever woman?

So, former Chelsea first team doctor Eva Carneiro has apparently rejected a £1.2m settlement from the club.

You will have read/ heard that she is claiming constructive dismissal and is also bringing separate legal action against former manager Jose Mourinho, who is said to have called her "daughter of a whore" in Portuguese when she treated Eden Hazard.

Now, as her legal battle with the club begins, lawyers for Chelsea have revealed that she chose to take the case to a hearing rather than accept the payout.

Dr Carneiro, 42, alleges the comment was made by The Special One, who left Chelsea in December, when she ran on to the pitch at Stamford Bridge during a Premier League match against Swansea in August to treat injured forward Eden Hazard.

She is claiming sex discrimination and harassment against the club's former manager following the incident and constructive dismissal against Chelsea.

Her rejection of the cash offer raises, in my mind at least, two differing views.

One, she is a silly woman who could have taken the cash and quietly made herself and her family financially secure for life.

Two, she is a brave and clever woman who refused to be paid off and wants to have her day in court to expose the rampant sexism that many believe still exists in the beautiful game.

Her lawyers would also be aware that the alleged cash settlement, while an enormous sum for us mere mortals, is barely a couple of months’ pay for an average Premier League player. Maybe she is just out to prove that money isn’t everything.

Discuss.