Furious Jose Mourinho brands FA fine and suspended one-match ban a 'disgrace'

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho branded FA punishment a disgrace

JOSE MOURINHO has risked further punishment by savaging the FA in yet another meltdown - saying he is surprised he has not been "electronically tagged".

 

The Chelsea manager, whose side are struggling just two places above the relegation zone, is fuming that the FA fined him £50,000 and handed him a suspended one-game stadium ban for saying referees were "afraid" to give his club penalties.

And calling the decision "an absolute disgrace" and "astonishing" Mourinho reginited his fued with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who escaped punishment after labelling referee Mike Dean "weak and naive" when the Gunners lost at Chelsea.

"I am happy I don't have an electronic tag," said Mourinho. "It's not far from that.

 

"Also, £50,000, in the world where we live today, is an absolute disgrace. And the possibility of getting a stadium ban is something absolutely astonishing.

"More difficult for me to understand is when I compare different people with similar behaviours. The difference between "afraid" and "weak and naive", is £50,000 and a one-match stadium ban."

Wenger also escaped any punishment for shoving Mourinho in the technical area at Stamford Bridge last season and the Portuguese, refusing to let that one go, ranted further.



Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger escaped punishment from the FA when he shoved Mourinho last season

"Now, we know we can push people in the technical area, no problem," he said. "The word "afraid" is a hard punishment. But to say one of the top referees in Europe was "weak and naive", we can do that.

"The only good thing from this is that every manager now knows that "afraid" costs £50,000. Weak and naive, you can use. A word is more important than aggression. That's the only reason I can still walk in London without an electronic tag."

Mourinho, 52, speaking at the launch of his new book "Mourinho", admitted that he will only be in management for another 15 years - and that he will not finish his career at Chelsea.

He is under major pressure after the worst start to a season in his career, with only two wins from eight games. But he said: "How many more years am I going to coach? I'd risk 15 more.

"Can I stay 15 more years at Chelsea? I don't think modern football allows it any more, so normally I will not finish my career at Chelsea. I would like to but I don't think it's possible."

And he dismissed any notions of a mutiny in the Chelsea dressing room, saying: "I think the mutiny must be about three or four players. So they don't play tomorrow for sure."

Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy, meanwhile, has revealed that Chelsea have made a £60million four-year bid to use Wembley as their temporary home while Stamford Bridge is redeveloped.