• Two managers had angry exchange of words earlier in the season
• Portuguese admits emotional ties to Stamford Bridge are looseningJosé Mourinho has admitted meetings with Chelsea mean “less and less” as his emotional ties with his former club steadily recede,with neither the Manchester United manager nor Antonio Conte prepared to reignite their feud before Sunday’s collision between their teams at primitive Trafford.
The pair clashed towards the stop of final year when Conte interpreted Mourinhos criticisms of managers who “behave as a clown” on the touchline as a personal attack. The Italian responded by suggesting his counterpart might be suffering from “demenza senile”, with their war of words escalating further after the United manager appeared to reference the Chelsea head coach’s four-month ban for failing to report alleged match-fixing while working in his native Italy. Conte went on to call his opposite number “a little man” and “fake”.
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Source: guardian.co.uk