Chelsea fans washed their hands of Jose Mourinho last night after the Manchester United boss took his war of words with Antonio Conte ‘too far’.
Tension between the two managers has been raised to boiling point this week when Mourinho kicked things off by taking a pop at ‘clownish’ behaviour on the sidelines.
Conte perceived this to be a dig at his actions on the touchline and accused Mourinho of having ‘senile dementia’ by forgetting his long history of exuberant celebrations.
However, the self-proclaimed Special One took the feud to a whole new level on Friday night when he said he would ‘never be suspending for match-fixing’. Conte was suspended for four months for failing to report match fixing during his time at Siena but he was later cleared of wrongdoing.
Chelsea fans have largely stuck by Mourinho since his second departure from the club in December 2015 but his jibe at Conte was a step too far for many supporters, who are now trying to disown their former boss….
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