Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, has confirmed he will appeal a 50,000 pounds FA fine and one-match suspended stadium ban, for his comments after their defeat to Southampton.
Jose Mourinho
The Portuguese was speaking during his Friday press conference, ahead of this weekend’s clash against Aston Villa.
“I think, in the moment, we have got the written reasons and I decided to appeal. So it’s the moment to stop with my opinions and not say anything more than I did already. I was very objective in my sadness facing the situation,” he said.
Before then, Mourinho claimed at the launch of his new book, that “every word I say is a big risk for me. I am happy that I don’t have an electronic tag. I think it’s not far from [that].
“I also think that £50,000 in the world where we live today is an absolute disgrace. And I also think that the possibility of getting a stadium ban is also something absolutely astonishing.”
When he was asked if he might have caused himself further problems with those remarks, he said: “I have to be honest with myself, that’s the most important thing.”