The dynamic between the managers of Chelsea and Arsenal is different from that between Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson: more personal and even more childish. It seems unlikely there could ever be a reconciliationPerhaps one day in the distant future Arsène Wenger and José Mourinho will be able to clink wine glasses and reflect that possibly,in hindsight, everything did get a little bit daft back there. People said it could never happen with Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson, or back in the days when their rivalry became so bitter and twisted it drew complaints from the Metropolitan police and government ministers. Those two eventually made up,though I can vouch from personal experience that Wenger and Mourinho would probably rather chew on broken glass than resume diplomatic relations, having asked Arsenal’s manager at the start of the season if he could ever imagine a truce. “I will leave you, and your treasure legend with him,to continue without interference,” he told the reporters in his company, and instinctively rising from his seat.
The irony is that Mourinho’s insight is that the press dance to Wenger’s tune,pointing out the difference we would see in reporting if Chelsea had gone a decade without a Premier League title or the outcry if it had been him who had administered the two-handed shove in the technical area when the two sides met at Stamford Bridge final season.
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Source: theguardian.com