1) The way Mourinho thinks he can get away with everything…
Mourinho criticises referees relentlessly. He wanders out of his technical area as he pleases. He occasionally doesn’t shake an opposing manager’s hand when it doesn’t suit him. He whispers in the ear of a ball boy that one of his players may punch him if the kid doesn’t hurry up. When he praises another side or manager, it seethes with sarcasm, subtext and irony.
Yes, it makes him watchable, but it’s not that fun anymore – especially when contrasted to the largely respectful behaviour displayed by Manuel Pellegrini, Brendan Rodgers and Arsene Wenger.
It’s time that Mourinho grows up, or shuts up.
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