Uh-oh, Mourinho’s in trouble
Mourinho – a bit scary
Having witnessed the pig’s ear that Assou-Ekotto made of off-pitch aggression, it seems that the Spurs man could learn a thing or two from Jose Mourinho – master of beautiful outbursts.
In a bout of classic journo-baiting, it seems that the former Chelsea manager reacted to the sight of a geeky newspaper reporter daring to speak to one of his players after the weekend’s 1-1 draw with Bergamo by shoving the keyboard-jockey in the chest, calling him a “son of a whore”, a “shit”, then suggesting he “fuck off back to the press room.”
This hasn’t gone down particularly well.
Mourinho is already held in rather low esteem by the Italian press, having recently gone on talking-strike, and (as reported in today’s Daily Mail) now Luigi Ferraiolo – the president of the Italian Sports Journalists’ Association – has said this:
“The physical and verbal attack by Jose Mourinho on our colleague marks one of the lowest and most alarming moments in the relationship between football and the media.”
Oh dear.
Is it time for Mourinho to come home? Let us know with a comment…
6 responses so far
A Pitts // December 15, 2009 at 10:46 am
Liverpool need him. & it’s looking like pretty soon he’s gonna need Liverpool
jack b // December 15, 2009 at 11:50 am
yes!!
jose come home, and first press conference to say “the special one returns”
come home jose!
fab // December 15, 2009 at 5:25 pm
no way. Mou has to stay in Milano. We love him.
forzainter // December 17, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Maybe you should post an update to share Jose’s side of the story. He explains that he insulted Ramazzotti but did not physically attack him. You’re being less than genuine in representing the journalists as an innocent in this. Even Moratti expresses continuing support for Jose.
JoshBurt // December 17, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Hi Forzainter, that story you requested has been posted… kind of. See here: http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/index.php/2009/12/16/people-of-milton-keynes-its-time-to-get-excited
forzainter // December 17, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Yes, I had already read that actually. But c’mon, sneaking that brief reference in at the bottom of an unrelated post is lame…especially when the earlier post has such an inflammatory headline.
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