NO WAY JOSE
An Italian radio station is boycotting Jose Mourinho over the ‘unpleasant and inappropriate’ treatment of a journalist.
The Roma manager scolded a Retesport reporter for ‘not being intelligent at all’ following a question in a press conference.
Journalist Marco Juric asked: “It’s been six months since you signed for Roma, would you change anything that you’ve done in terms of choices, statements, requests or anything that you’ve done?”
Mourinho fired back: “You are here in practically every press conference, but either you are very intelligent and you want people to think you are not or you are not intelligent at all.
“I want to think you’re intelligent but you like to do what you do.”
Mourinho then got up from his seat and left the room, prematurely ending his interview time.
Retesport released a statement explaining their decision to snub the former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham boss.
The broadcaster said: “Retesport, in expressing solidarity with Marco Juric regarding the unpleasant and inappropriate response received from Mr Jose Mourinho in the press room last Saturday, have decided to suspend its participation in press conferences in order to avoid further exploitation of questions posed in a polite and completely legitimate manner.”