'Arsene Wenger complaining is normal because he always does' - Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho hits back at Arsenal counterpart

 
24 January 2014

Jose Mourinho today renewed his feud with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger by accusing him of always ‘complaining’.

The Chelsea manager is mystified by Wenger’s comments yesterday, where he insisted ‘it was not fair’ that the Blues are selling Juan Mata to Manchester United having already played them twice this season.

United still have games against Chelsea’s title rivals Arsenal and Manchester City to come and Wenger suggested it gives Mourinho’s men an advantage.

But Mourinho believes he is the one that has a right to moan about Arsenal’s preferential treatment in the fixture list.

When asked by Standard Sport about Wenger’s views, Mourinho said: “Wenger complaining is normal because he always does. It's something that we know.

“When a player plays for a club on 20 August and, two weeks later, on 5 September, plays against the same club with a different shirt, this is normal. This is the market.

“We don't do the market, we don't do the rules. We have just to do according to the rules. If Wenger sells (Mesut) Ozil to Man United in this moment, I will be very happy because he's selling a very important player.

“I'm not concerned with other things. So, normally, he should be very happy that Chelsea sold a player like Juan Mata. But I think it's also a bit of his nature. We have to accept the way he is.

“But when he says that this is not fair, I think what is not fair is that his team always has the best days to play. Always. Always.

“In the Capital One Cup (when they met in October), we had to play 24 hours (it was actually 48 hours) after (our previous game). They had 72 hours. That's not fair.

“This week, a week without a midweek game, what everyone wants to do is play before to rest ahead of next week. One plays on Friday, another on Sunday. Who plays Friday? (Arsenal v Coventry) Who plays Sunday? (Chelsea v Stoke).

“When you go to the fixtures this season, it's never fair because they always get the right to rest and the right time to play. It's fantastic. That's not fair.”

Mourinho and Wenger clashed a number of spells during his first time in charge between 2004-7, where the former called the latter a ‘voyeur’ at one point due to his views on Chelsea.

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