Former Chelsea youth team coach Gwyn Williams has said alleged racially offensive terms aimed at players in the 1990s had "no intention to cause harm".
Four former youth team players are taking the Premier League club to the High Court next year seeking damages and losses caused by sexual abuse, emotional abuse and assaults by Williams and former coach and player Graham Rix.
Williams, also Chelsea's former academy director, has previously denied "any and all allegations of abuse" and said he "did not act in a racist way towards any youth or other player" at Chelsea.
Rix has denied he is "bullying, aggressive or racist".