criticising the officials after their defeat to Southampton, and lashed out at
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has brandished the possibility of him being
banned from a stadium by the Football Association as "astonishing".
The former Real Madrid boss was fined £50,000 and given a suspended
stadium ban after criticising the officials during his side's 3-1 defeat to
Southampton.
And at the launch of his new book, Mourinho, the Blues boss has hit out at the
English governing body.
"I'm happy that I don't have an electronic tag!" he told reporters.
"I understand you are a critic, I do not understand your reaction to the FA and
myself, every word I say is a big risk of me.
"£50,000 is a disgrace. The possibility of getting a stadium ban is astonishing."
The sentence had been handed down after the Portuguese accused match
official Robert Madley of being "afraid" for waving away several Chelsea penalty
appeals against the visiting Saints at the start of October.
Continuing to speak at his book launch, Mourinho elaborated that he felt he was
the victim of double standards after seeing Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger
escape punishment for similar comments made about Mike Dean after their loss
to Chelsea in September.
Mourinho claimed Wenger described Dean as "weak and naive" but received no
sanction, while also pointing out the FA took no action against the Frenchman
for pushing him during their touchline altercation in their teams' clash in October
2014.
"When I compare different people, different behaviours, with similar words, the
difference between 'afraid' and 'weak and naive' is £10,000 and one-match
stadium ban," Mourinho blasted.
"Premier League managers have difficulties with the press, we have to do press
when [we] would prefer not to.
"We now know we can push people, to say the referee is 'weak and naive' we
can do it.
"Every manager in this country knows 'afraid' costs £50,000 but 'weak and
naive', we can do it."
The former Inter and Real Madrid coach has admitted to the current period
being the most difficult one he has experienced in his career, with English
champions Chelsea currently languishing 16th in the Premier League - 10 points
behind leaders Manchester City.
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