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Jul162020 by JB1 Comment

Mourinho calls out Lampard’s use of Hudson-Odoi in selection rant

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Jose Mourinho reacted angrily to questions over his team selections and says Frank Lampard does not receive the same criticism for not picking Hudson-Odoi. Mourinho secured a 3-1 win over Newcastle on Wednesday, with a brace from from Harry Kane and a fine finish from Son Heung-min. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Tottenham were pegged back in the match, but Mourinho brought on Steven Bergwijn who whipped in a perfect cross for Kane to head the club back into the lead. when asked what Bergwijn needs to do to get in the starting lineup after his assist, Mourinho said: ‘Look, that is the question that normally you do to me. ‘But you don’t do to Frank Lampard, to Jurgen Klopp, to Pep, to all the coaches of all the big clubs with big players. ‘You know,...

Jul152020 by JBNo Comments

Guardiola hits back at Klopp and Mourinho in defiant FFP rant

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Pep Guardiola has slammed rivals Jurgen Klopp and Jose Mourinho and declared Manchester City’s legal win over UEFA a “great day for football”. CAS had overturned UEFA’s original decision to ban Man City from the European competition for two seasons over alleged breaches of the Financial Fair Play regulations. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Tottenham’s Jose Mourinho had also questioned why City had been fined €10million, for not co-operating with UEFA, if they were innocent. But in a furious outburst, Guardiola challenged critics to apologise to City and also told them to complain to their “faces” rather than use legal avenues. Guardiola said: “Jose and all the managers should know that we were damaged. We should be apologised to. Like I said many ti...

Jul142020 by JBNo Comments

Mourinho hits out at ‘disgraceful decision’ to overturn Man City ban

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Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has blasted the “disgraceful decision” to overturn a two-year European ban imposed on Manchester City for allegedly breaching Financial Fair Play. City were banned from competing in the Champions League or Europa League competition by UEFA in back in February. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Mourinho is among those to have been left shocked by the ruling from CAS, with confusion continuing to rise as mixed messages are fed out over the decision to lift the ban. The former Chelsea and Manchester United boss pointed out that if City were guilty of enough to warrant a fine, then the original ban should have stood. Mourinho told reporters of the Man City ruling: “In the case it's a disgraceful decision because if City are not...

Jul112020 by JBNo Comments

Arteta opens up on being coached by Mourinho at Barcelona

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Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has heaped praise on Jose Mourinho for the way he dealt with youngsters during his time at Barcelona ahead of the London derby on Sunday. Arteta was coming through the academy at Barcelona and the current Tottenham manager was on the coaching team in the 1996-97 campaign, the duo got to know each other well. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); They will face each other on Sunday in the first Tottenham v Arsenal match to be played at Tottenham's new stadium, and when quizzed about Mourinho, Mikel Arteta was full of praise for the Portuguese coach. "He was great!" the Arsenal manager said. "He used to coach us, as you said, with the Barcelona B team. "He used to come to our training sessions. He had an incredible energy with...

Jul92020 by JBNo Comments

Thierry Henry fires back at Jose Mourinho’s Arsenal swipe

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Former Arsenal player Thierry Henry has responded to Jose Mourinho’s swipe at the gunners by saying that Tottenham have never entered his headspace. The Spurs manager was unhappy with a social media post from Arsenal which mocked their London rivals over their 3-1 defeat against Sheffield United. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Having beaten Sheffield 2-1 in the FA Cup the previous weekend, Arsenal posted the highlights of the win along with a comment: ‘It’s not easy beating Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. Here’s a reminder of how it’s done’. Jose Mourinho was clearly unhappy with his team being taunted and decided to hit back. ‘If they [Arsenal] were top of the league or fighting for top four in a really good moment they wouldn’t enjoy the problems ...

Jul92020 by JBNo Comments

Jose Mourinho blasts ‘clueless’ FA as Eric Dier is banned for four games

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Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has branded the FA as being clueless, after they hit Eric Dier with a four-game ban. Dier has been punished for jumping into the stands to confront a fan at the end of Spurs' FA Cup loss to Norwich in March. Apart from being suspended for four of his club’s final five matches of the campaign, he was fined £40,000. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In the written reasons for Eric Dier’s punishment, which was confirmed on Wednesday, it was revealed that the Tottenham fan had called the England international a “w-----” and a “f------ c---”. Mourinho did not name the FA when quizzed on whether players receive enough protection inside stadiums, but said: “My feeling is that in the majority of the cases, football is not protected b...

Jul62020 by JBNo Comments

Mourinho hits back at Arsenal after Facebook jibe over Sheffield defeat

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Jose Mourinho has fired back at Arsenal after they took a swipe at the north London side after a 3-1 loss against Sheffield United. Tottenham's Champions League hopes were effectively ended with a disappointing loss at the Bramall Lane on Wednesday. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It was Sheffield's first victory since the League resumption, ending a poor run of form for Chris Wilder’s team where they suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Arsenal. Despite having issues of their own this season, still Arsenal’s social media team found time to aim a dig at Tottenham for their failure to win against Sheffield. Arsenal had posted: ‘It’s not easy beating Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. Here’s a reminder of how it’s done’. This post was accompanied wi...

Jun242020 by JBNo Comments

Ndombele tells Mourinho he never wants to play for him again at Tottenham

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Tottenham midfielder Tanguy Ndombele and head coach Jose Mourinho’s relationship at the club looks to have taken a turn for the worse. According to a report from TF1, Ndombele and Mourinho are no longer speaking after the player told the Portuguese manager he no longer wanted to play under him. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ndombele looked a huge talent at his former team Lyon, but has endured a difficult first campaign at Spurs, with his future now in doubt after the reported outburst with Mourinho. Ndombele may be frustrated at how things have gone under the former Manchester United boss, but one imagines Tottenham supporters won’t be happy with the reports. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); However, Mourinho dismissed s...

Jun222020 by JBNo Comments

Mourinho gets his facts completely wrong as he makes Didier Drogba claim

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Tottenham head coach Jose Mourinho went on the attack in his defence of comments made about his striker Harry Kane by Paul Merson. The Spurs manager was wildly off the mark with his facts about former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba while trying to defend his record. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Tottenham boss was angry with the claims made by Paul Merson that the Portuguese isn't getting the best out of Kane. Mourinho reacted to this by listing a handful of world-class strikers he has got the best out of during his career in management: Drogba, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Diego Milito and Ibrahimovic. He said: "I can say, that I had a few strikers that played for me and they are not bad. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).pus...

Jun222020 by JBNo Comments

Mourinho fires back at Paul Merson criticism over Harry Kane’s role at Tottenham

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Jose Mourinho has responded with an impassioned defence of his influence on strikers amid huge criticism that his style of play will not bring out the best of Harry Kane. Kane made his first appearance as Tottenham drew 1-1 with United on Friday, but Paul Merson questioned whether Mourinho would enable the England forward to produce his best. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "I feel a bit strange about some analysis and some comments. The beginning of some comments and analysis started from Paul [Merson]," said Mourinho. Paul Merson believes Jose Mourinho's style of football doesn't suit Kane, and believes the Spurs forward will have a 'serious think' about his future at the end of the current campaign. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).p...