Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has hit back at Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger after he claimed that selling Juan Mata to Manchester United is ‘unfair’ on other teams in the Premier League title-race.
Wenger claimed that Mourinho tactically sold the Spaniard, who won Chelsea’s player of the year two years in a row, to United because he knows that David Moyes’ men have to face all of Chelsea’s title rivals and do not have to play each other.
The Blues boss has responded to Wenger’s comments by saying that Mata was available to anyone at the price offered, and also admitted that he wasn’t surprised by Wenger’s comments as ‘he always complains’.
‘Wenger complaining is normal because he always does,’ said Mourinho. ‘It’s in his nature. If it was Arsenal or City or Liverpool and Juan desired to go, we would do the same.
‘A team can only play with 11 players, not 12.
‘City, Arsenal and United are full of top players, so if Juan plays for them it means somebody else is not playing. So why not? Wenger is a very intelligent man who always has an opinion and likes to share it. We have to accept the way he is.’
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
