Jose Mourinho row: Arsene Wenger refuses to comment on claims made in new book
Man Utd manager and former Chelsea chief reportedly threatened to 'break his face' when talking about rival boss
ARSENE WENGER is refusing to comment on claims Jose Mourinho threatened to "break his face."
The shocking allegations were made in a new book about the former Chelsea boss.
But Arsenal chief Wenger - whose side play Chelsea tomorrow evening - would not respond when quizzed.
He said: "I haven't read the book and I certainly will not read it. I cannot comment on that. I talk about football.
";I will maybe make a book one day but I’m not ready for that."
According to the book, Mourinho made the threat after a row over the transfer of Juan Mata to Manchester United.
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Wenger said he was "surprised" Chelsea would sell a "great player" to a rival in Manchester United - with Mourinho hitting back that the Frenchman was a "specialist in failure".
It was after this exchange that Mourinho is reported as saying in a new book: "I will find him [Wenger] one day outside a football pitch and I will break his face."
A few days later the Portuguese broke him professionally as Chelsea annihilated Arsenal 6-0 in Wenger's 1,000th game in charge.
After this Mourinho, according to a book serialisation in the , reportedly texted a friend: "Next time I lose a game I don't go to the press conference because the team bus is waiting for me."
The fires of fury flamed again when Arsenal next visited Stamford Bridge on October 5, 2014.
Mourinho and Wenger shoved each other on the touchline and Mourinho said of Wenger: "He was asking for a red card and pressing the ref in my technical area. I told him to go back to his area. He pushed me.
"I told him, 'Here you do that, you know I can't react, but I will meet you one day in the street'."
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