“I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to ensure I could communicate with the players, media and fans.
“Ranieri had been in England for five years and still struggled to say ‘good morning’ and ‘good afternoon.'”
Claudio Ranieri, former Chelsea boss, lambasted Mourinho’s methods at Inter Milan – and the Portuguese did not take kindly to such criticism…
“You may as well put a cow in the middle of the pitch. And then stop the game because there was a cow.”
In October 2014, many thought that Chelsea could go the whole season unbeaten – but Newcastle saw to that, beating the Blues 2-1 at St James’ Park – prompting Mourinho to liken the Toons’ play to that of a cow – otherwise known as, ironically, the ‘park the bus’ tactic.
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