A new book serialised in the Daily has revealed
that Jose Mourinho reportedly threatened to
“break [Arsene Wenger’s] face” following a war
of words between the pair in 2014.
Mourinho and Wenger’s far-from-friendly
relationship was renewed when the Portuguese
returned to Chelsea in 2013, with both managers
launching a series of jibes in each other’s
directions.
The most notable of clashes came when the
Arsenal boss aimed a dig at Mourinho for playing
down the Blues’ chances of winning the Premier
League during the 2013-14 season for “fear to
fail”.
It elicited an irate response from Mourinho, who
famously hit back by proclaiming Wenger a
“specialist in failure”, while also reacting badly to
the Frenchman admitting his surprise at Chelsea
selling Juan Mata to Manchester United.
And his anger did not stop in the media centre,
claims ‘Jose Mourinho: Up Close and Personal’,
an upcoming book written by Robert Beasley, a
journalist who followed the Portuguese closely.
The then-Chelsea manager is said to have been
seething for days afterwards.
An excerpt reads: “A few days later, he was still
pumped up about it all, telling me: ‘When Mr
Wenger criticises CFC and Man Utd over the deal
with Mata… I will find him one day outside a
football pitch and I will break his face.'”
A new book serialised in the Daily has revealed
that Jose Mourinho reportedly threatened to
“break [Arsene Wenger’s] face” following a war
of words between the pair in 2014.
Mourinho and Wenger’s far-from-friendly
relationship was renewed when the Portuguese
returned to Chelsea in 2013, with both managers
launching a series of jibes in each other’s
directions.
The most notable of clashes came when the
Arsenal boss aimed a dig at Mourinho for playing
down the Blues’ chances of winning the Premier
League during the 2013-14 season for “fear to
fail”.
It elicited an irate response from Mourinho, who
famously hit back by proclaiming Wenger a
“specialist in failure”, while also reacting badly to
the Frenchman admitting his surprise at Chelsea
selling Juan Mata to Manchester United.
And his anger did not stop in the media centre,
claims ‘Jose Mourinho: Up Close and Personal’,
an upcoming book written by Robert Beasley, a
journalist who followed the Portuguese closely.
The then-Chelsea manager is said to have been
seething for days afterwards.
An excerpt reads: “A few days later, he was still
pumped up about it all, telling me: ‘When Mr
Wenger criticises CFC and Man Utd over the deal
with Mata… I will find him one day outside a
football pitch and I will break his face.'”
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