Jose Mourinho will have to get off the team bus before it has entered the Britannia Stadium car park at Stoke on Saturday or risk falling out with the FA yet again.
The
Chelsea manager has vowed to stay with his team before their televised
Barclays Premier League game until the last-possible moment despite
serving a one-game stadium ban.
That
means that unless he gets off the bus before it crosses the security
fences that surround the away-team parking bay, he will be in danger of
incurring another ban.
Jose Mourinho will have to leave the Chelsea team bus before
they arrive at Stoke on Saturday
Speaking to the media at Cobham on Friday, Mourinho
revealed he may not even watch his side on Saturday
Mourinho
insisted: ‘I travel with them and will be with them until the moment
somebody stops me, which is, I think, when I am in the limit of the
compound of the stadium.’
But
FA rules make it clear he cannot enter the stadium or its car park. The
disciplinary body are sure to monitor his movements, even though FA
sources admitted yesterday it will be almost impossible to prevent him
from contacting the bench during the game, as Sportsmail revealed on Friday.
In the
biography Made in Portugal, Mourinho revealed he used ‘a small,
sophisticated telecommunications device’ to send messages to his staff
during a similar ban while manager of Porto in 2003.
Meanwhile, the FA confirmed Sportsmail’s story
that Mourinho called referee Jon Moss ‘f****** weak’ during the
half-time confrontation at West Ham that resulted in his latest ban.
The 52-year-old
(above in our artist's impression)
is likely to use his mobile phone to
contact his coaches at
the Britannia Stadium
Mourinho has contacted the bench in the past, but is
not allowed in the stadium compound against Stoke
Wembley
chiefs, in releasing the written reasons for Mourinho’s punishment,
confirmed that he said: ‘Wenger is right about you, you are f******
weak’, in a furious tirade against Moss during Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat at
Upton Park two weeks ago.
Moss
wrote in his official match report: ‘When myself and my colleagues left
the field of play at half-time, as we entered the tunnel area to get to
our dressing room, Mr Mourinho was waiting for us clearly agitated and
began aggressively asking about first-half decisions.
'Rather
than publicly speak to him I asked him to step into the entrance of my
dressing room escorted by Simon Sutton, the West Ham United security
manager.
‘Mr
Mourinho asked me about a tackle, an offside and a goal-line clearance.
I gave him brief answers to his questions. After this I asked him to
leave the dressing-room area. He refused. I asked him again. After he
refused again I asked Mr Sutton to escort him from the room.
Mourinho (left) will have to brief his coaches and
then leave them before the team arrive at Stoke's stadium
‘At
this point Mr Mourinho became very aggressive and animated. He shouted
that you f****** referees are weak . . . Wenger is right about you . . .
you are f****** weak.’
Saturday's punishment is the latest in a long list of problems that have blighted Chelsea and their manager this season.
Mourinho
already has a suspended stadium ban hanging over him, while his future
at Stamford Bridge has been called into question following a poor start
to the season in which Chelsea have collected just 11 points from 11
games.
His
long-running vendetta against the FA and referees is showing no signs
of letting up, either. The usually chirpy Portuguese has been noticeably
grouchy in recent weeks and he used yesterday’s press conference to
explain why.
Mourinho has been banned after reacting angrily to Jon Moss
during half time in the game against West Ham
Mourinho has also complained about other managers being
allowed to behave differently in the technical area
He even appeared to drag Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp into his battle with the English football authorities.
Mourinho
said: ‘What has happened changes everything. The dimension of my
punishment, the stadium ban that stays suspended, obviously affects
everything. My answers, obviously, are going to be different. The way I
participate with the game, obviously, is going to be different.
‘I
had a game a few days ago where I stood for 90 minutes on my side. The
other manager (Klopp) was jumping like Michael Jordan and nothing
happened.
‘So,
for me, I know everything is different. It’s all changed a lot. This is
what I have. I have to adapt to it. I’m sad about it. But that’s what I
have.’
In
explaining his decision not to appeal against the ban, Mourinho added:
‘I know the result of that appeal already, and I decided to give up.
It’s stupid to fight a fight that you know you’ll already lose.’
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