Mourinho carpets FA over ‘disgraceful’ fine

Jose Mourinho has described his £50,000 Football Association fine as a “disgrace”.
Mourinho was given the fine, and a one-match suspended stadium ban on Wednesday evening after accepting a misconduct charge from the FA for comments he made on the officials in the wake of the 3-1 loss to Southampton on October 3.
“I’m happy that I don’t have an electronic tag,” said the Chelsea boss, who was speaking at Waterstones Piccadilly to promote his book MOURINHO.
“£50,000 is a disgrace. The possibility of getting a stadium ban is astonishing.”
Mourinho felt aggrieved Arsene Wenger went unpunished for calling referee Mike Dean “weak” and “naive” following Arsenal’s defeat to Chelsea last month.
Yet the Portuguese was sanctioned for his criticism of Robert Madley, the official in the loss to Southampton.

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Wenger also escaped punishment for pushing Mourinho in the Stamford Bridge technical area in October 2014, something which still grates with the Chelsea boss.
“The difference between ‘afraid’ and ‘weak and naive’ is £10,000 and one-match stadium ban,” said Mourinho, who will be banned from the stadium if he speaks out of turn again in the next 12 months.
“‘Afraid’ costs £50,000. ‘Weak and naive’ – you can do it.”
In a clear reference to Wenger, Mourinho added: “We can push people in the technical area.”

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