It seemed as if Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger had put their differences to one side this season as the two focussed mainly on the football and less about each other. However, this was just the calm before the storm, as the pair are at each others throats again, after the Chelsea boss accused his Arsenal counterpart of being accustomed to failure. Here, Goal takes a look at some of the infamous insults that the pair have traded. FEBRUARY 2005 Wenger: Take what Arsenal and Chelsea have won in the past eight years. I go with reality, with the football we play and the challenge we have ahead. I dont see especially that Chelsea play more English players than we do. Who have they produced, homegrown? Just one, John Terry. Wenger defends himself after being critisiced for fielding an all foreign squad in a match against Crystal Palace. AUGUST 2005 Wenger: I know we live in a world where we have only winners and losers, but once a sport encourages teams who refuse to take the initiative, the sport is in danger. Mourinho parking the bus? Wenger accuses Mourinho of using negative tactics. OCTOBER 2005 Mourinho: I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea. Mourinho feels Wengers criticism of Chelsea’s transfer activity is becoming tedious. NOVEMBER 2005 Wenger: He’s out of order, disconnected with reality and disrespectful. When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes. Wenger threatens to take legal action against Mourinho for calling him a Voyeur. Mourinho: At Stamford Bridge, we have a file of quotes from Mr Wenger about Chelsea football club in the last 12 months - it is not a file of five pages. It is a file of 120 pages so we have a very strong reaction. My objective is that it is enough. Mourinho responds by defending his strong attack of Wenger, and claims to have the Frenchmans Chelsea insults on record. APRIL 2007 Wenger: If you would like to compare every manager you give each one the same amount of resources and say: you have that for five years. After five years you see who has done the most. Le Professor takes a cheeky dig at Mourinho on the eve of Chelseas 2007 League Cup final win over Arsenal, in which John Obi Mikel, Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor were sent of for their part in an ugly brawl.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:31:15 +0000
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