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Mourinho hits back at AVB

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho refused to discuss the breakdown of his friendship with Tottenham Hotspur manger Andre Villas-Boas but could not resist a dig before they meet in the English Premier League today.

The Spurs manager revealed on Thursday that his coaching ambitions had been thwarted by Mourinho at Inter Milan, where he was a member of his fellow Portuguese’s backroom staff, and that they were no longer close friends.

When asked at a news conference what his relationship with Villas-Boas was like, Mourinho ducked the question.

“I don’t describe (it) because I don’t discuss relationships with the media. It’s a personal thing ... I don’t care what he says,” he said yesterday.

However, he then went on to describe how he had acted “professionally” when coming face to face with one of his former mentors, Louis van Gaal, with the barely hidden advise being that former charge Villas-Boas should perhaps take note.




 

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