Jose Mourinho slams Arsene Wenger's policy - 14 Nov 2007
Uefa president Michel Platini recently criticised Wenger's policy of recruiting young players from abroad although the Arsenal manager has argued it is not his job to assist the England team.
Mourinho, however, does not hold back from criticising Wenger over his use of foreign players, claiming he had to use Englishmen such as Frank Lampard and John Terry at Chelsea to protect the reputation of Russian owner Roman Abramovich.
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"Unlike Arsenal, we sought success and tried to build it through a concept of the game using English players," he says. ''That was to have a positive effect, on the dressing room and on the press, in terms of the image that the club would project.
"We had to get players who fitted the profile of the team but without running the risk of filling the club with foreign players because that could bring us problems in handling the players in the dressing room and the press, which is sensitive to the use of English players and doesn't easily forgive clubs which misrepresent the championship with complete intakes of foreign footballers."
Mourinho, in a book called Jose Mourinho a Born Winner, adds: "Of course the animosity of the English against Abramovich was due to the idea that was established that the Chelsea owner was going to transform the club into a depot of players who came and went without any criteria other than spending money."
Meanwhile, Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho will be out of action for two months with a back injury after sustaining the injury during Chelsea’s 1-1 Premier League draw with Everton on Sunday.
Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov, whose future at Tottenham seemed in doubt, now believes new manager Juande Ramos is the "perfect one".Speculation has mounted about the 26-year-old moving to Manchester United after the club had been linked with a move for him in January. But Berbatov's agent has since told Spurs sporting director Damien Comolli that the £10.9 million signing is not looking for a move. Instead, Berbatov has hailed Ramos as "an incredible person", adding: "He talks to everybody on the team personally. He's the perfect one for the job."
Tottenham's plans to build a training centre at Bulls Cross moved a step nearer after Enfield's planning committee approved an application for the £30 million development.
Former Busby Babe John Doherty has died at the age of 72. Doherty, who was chairman of the Association of Former Manchester United Players, made only 26 appearances for the club, before retiring aged 23 with a knee injury. He was a member of the 1955/56 title-winning team. |
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