How many times should I snub them?

After some horrendous refereeing that got us into difficult situations, Jose had written an email to the Referees’ Chief Keith Hackett, who then agreed to set up a meeting. Fergie wanted to score a psychological point and said that this is ludicrous that the Referees’ Chief is meeting Jose.

And now, Jose has hit back Fergie that he should be last person to even talk about this. In his typical inimitable style, he points out that is he has been favoured by the referees like Fergie, he wouldnt speak!

For me everything is very clear. I promise you one thing, if I had the ball two metres inside my goal and the referee doesn’t allow the goal, I wouldn’t speak about referees for two years. And if, in the first minute of the game, I have a penalty to kill my opponent before they wake up, I wouldn’t speak about referees for one year. I promise.

If you’re wondering which incidents he is talking about, here are the videos:
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This is when the ball crosses the line after a Roy Carroll fumble but the officials don’t notice! How lucky can you get?

And below is the penalty Man Utd got this season against Portsmouth after just 1 minute into the game:

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And Jose proceeds to say:

Every manager of the Premiership was invited to a meeting. I went to the meeting because I have no hobbies. I don’t play golf. For me my life is football and my family. On my table, Adrian Boothroyd was there, Martin Jol, Harry Redknapp, Glenn Roeder, and Chris Coleman. At the end of the meeting Mr Hackett told us, `please during the season if you want to give a contribution to the game or think you can give some opinions, call me or send me an email’.

He gave a card to everybody and after the game against Reading I almost called him but decided not to do so. After the game against Sheffield United, I almost called him but I didn’t. After the game against Tottenham, I couldn’t do anything else but call him. I don’t know when but we will have a chat. Every manager in the Premiership was invited to do the same. Sir Alex was not at my meeting but I think there were two meetings - one in London and another one up in the North for managers from different areas. I don’t know if he was at that one.

This is a response to a man Jose likes and respects and regards very highly as a professional. Jose is never short of words when it comes to winning a psychological battle. You better think twice before you shoot your words at Jose Mourinho.

[tags] Jose, Mourinho, Jose Mourinho, Alex Ferguson, Ferguson, Fergie, Referee, Chelsea, Manchester United [/tags]