Mourinho was given a suspended one-match stadium ban and fined on Wednesday for comments he made about officials following Chelsea’s 3-1 loss at home to Southampton before the worldwide break.
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Mourinho told reporters at a book signing press conference on Thursday night: “I am happy I don’t have an electronic tag”.
Wenger called Mike Dean “weak” after Arsenal’s defeat to Chelsea, whereas Mourinho used the term “afraid” in reference to the Southampton game.
The Portuguese was unhappy at the decision not to award a penalty when, with the score at 1-1, forward Radamel Falcao was upended by Saints goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, and he criticised referee Robert Madley in post-match media comments.
“The difference between afraid and weak and naive is £10,000 and one-match stadium ban”.
Oscar is perhaps the most interesting one of the three because when he arrived back at Stamford Bridge in 2013 Mourinho made it clear he wanted to build the team around the Brazilian, selling Juan Mata to Manchester United in January 2014.
José Mourinho has branded the Football Association’s decision to hand him a suspended one-match stadium ban as “absolutely astonishing”, while dismissing the accompanying fine as “a disgrace” and suggesting he is only surprised the governing body has not demanded he start wearing an electronic tag.
“The fact that the book comes in a moment when my football results are contradictory to the history I have in this book is just a detail”, Mourinho said. They are the only two good things I take from that.
“At Chelsea, we always want to be at the top of the Premier League, fighting to win the Champions League, competing for every trophy. I’m in the middle: I did 15, I have 15 more to do”, he added. So I think the mutiny must be Baba Rahman. Though they couldn’t get the best out of him and selling him was the right thing to do, they haven’t brought in a replacement that can slot into the team at the first go. “I would like to, but I don’t think it’s possible”. But if the criteria are career and a comparison of achievements, it’s easy to know where I am.
“I consider myself, you know, that I have a big self esteem and a big ego, I consider myself the best”.
The plight of Papy Djilobodji is a particular case in point.
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Other than Branislav Ivanovic, who is doubtful for Saturday, none of Chelsea’s players have returned from worldwide duty carrying injuries.
