Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has urged Manchester United to sanction the sale of Wayne Rooney to a Premier League rival. The Blues have been linked with the England international all summer and Goal revealed on Wednesday that the two clubs had re-opened negotiations, including a proposal for Juan Mata. However, the deal looks difficult to push over the line with United reluctant to strengthen a title rival - something Mourinho cannot fathom. Speaking to reporters, Mourinho highlighted the example of Italian striker Filippo Inzaghi, although he did not play for Inter, as the Portuguese claimed: “That old-fashioned mentality of ‘I don’t sell players to the same country’ doesn’t help the market and doesn’t help the players. “You see in Italy, it happens every season without any problem. The player wants to move from Milan to Inter, from Inter to Milan, from Roma to Juventus, from Juventus to Inter, and they do this all the time. You see Inzaghi, he played for Juventus, for Milan, for Inter. From the big ones I think only (Francesco) Totti stayed all his life. (Andrea) Pirlo – Inter, Milan, Juventus. “Sometimes you push players abroad when you should be interested in keeping them in your league, because when you keep players in your league you are contributing to make your league the best league. So when you want to sell and you are pushing the players abroad I think you are giving the wrong contribution to the league where you are.” - See more at: leadership.ng/news/260813/mourinho-urges-united-release-rooney#sthash.3z6eViAu.dpuf
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:04:45 +0000
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