Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Jose Mourinho lashes out at journalist over secret recording about Chelsea strikers
Jose Mourinho is angry at French TV for broadcasting a private
conversation in which the Blues Manager criticized his strikers
including Cameroonian striker, Samuel Eto'o. Mourinho told journalist
from Canal Plus, a French TV station that he felt as though he did
not have any firepower in his forward and even made some not so cool
remarks Eto'o, Mourinho was however unaware that the entire
conversation was being recorded by the TV station. In the video,
Mourinho said: “The problem is I lack a striker. I have Eto'o but
he is 32 years old, maybe 35, I don't know.
In a recent interview, Mourinho
was keen on dismissing his statement in the leaked interview and also dismissed any
suggestions that he's having problems with Eto'o.
"It
was a funny conversation with somebody that doesn't belong to the
football world," said the Portuguese.
"First
of all because I don't make fun,"he
said.
"Secondly, because if there are managers in the world who really
defend their players, I'm obviously one of them.
"And
thirdly because Samuel Eto'o is Samuel Eto'o. He's four times a
Champions League winner: people think three times, but one in Real
Madrid, two in Barcelona and one with Inter.
"It
was with him that I had the best ever season of my career. He's one
of the few players who is working with me at a second different club,
and a manager doesn't do that if he doesn't like the player or the
person. He has no reason to be upset.
"Also,
he told a few years ago, that Mourinho is the only manager in the
world who I would never play for, and after a year he was playing
with me at Inter and now here.
"There
is no story. No story. I repeat: it was a funny conversation between
me and somebody who doesn't belong to the football world. We were
laughing. I think it's a disgrace that someone is taping and
recording a private conversation when, obviously, we don't know."
Speaking
ahead of his side's Champions League last-16 tie against Galatasaray
on Wednesday, Mourinho told the assembled media they should be
"embarrassed" by the way the TV station published comments
he had made about his players during a conversation eight days ago in
Switzerland.
"It
is a disgrace that someone is taping a private conversation,"
said Mourinho.
"I'm
not defending what I'm saying. I'm attacking something that is, I
think, fundamental in your professional area and that person showed
exactly what he is or what he does not know about the job.
"From
my perspective, the comment is not obviously a good one, not one I
would do in a serious way, not something I would do in an official
way in an interview."
The
TV show editor says they are "fully comfortable" with the
interview and do not agree with the Mourinho's claim that the
interview was off record.
"We
are very surprised by Jose Mourinho's comments, claiming it was off
the record," said Herve Mathoux, editor and anchor of the
programme by French broadcaster Canal Plus.
"The
camera was located 50 centimetres, maybe one meter away from him. It
was a tight close up,: he told CNN"
Mathoux
also said "there is no way Mourinho could ignore he was
filmed", but the Blues manager claims he had no knowledge that
was the case.
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