 "Jose Mourinho accused of racism by Galatasaray as Portuguese manager continues criticism against Turkish referees")
Former Chelsea and Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has been accused of making “racist statements” by Turkish football side Galatasaray. Mourinho, who is currently the coach of Fenerbahce in the
Süper Lig, was accused of racism after his team played out a 0-0 draw against their bitter Istanbul rivals Galatasaray.
Galatasaray has so far not cleared which statement of Mourinho are they referring to and the 62-year-old Portuguese manager is also yet to respond publicly to the allegation.
Mourinho called Galatasaray bench monkeys
There is speculation that the accusation is based on Mourinho’s post-match comments after the Monday match where he said that the Galatasaray home bench had been “jumping like monkeys”.
“I have to thank the referee. After the big dive in the first minute and their bench jumping like monkeys on the top of the kid… with a Turkish referee you would have a yellow card after one minute and after five minutes I would have to change him,” Mourinho had said while talking about the performance of 19-year-old defender Yusuf Akcicek.
Mourinho also criticised the Turkish referees. “I went to the referee’s dressing room after the game, of course the fourth official was there, a Turkish referee. I told him ’thank you for coming here, you come for a big match’ and I turned myself to the fourth official and I said ‘if you were a referee this match would be a disaster’.”
The Fenerbahce-Galatasaray game was refereed by Slovenia’s Slavko Vincic as both clubs asked for a foreign official.
Galatasaray to pursue criminal proceedings against Mourinho
In its statement, Galatasaray said they would pursue criminal proceedings against Mourinho. “Since the commencement of his managerial duties in Turkey, Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho has persistently issued derogatory statements directed towards the Turkish people,” the club said.
“Today his discourse has escalated beyond merely immoral comments into unequivocally inhumane rhetoric.
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More Shorts“We hereby formally declare our intention to initiate criminal proceedings concerning the racist statements made by Jose Mourinho, and shall accordingly submit official complaints to UEFA and FIFA.
“Furthermore, we shall diligently observe the stance adopted by Fenerbahce – an institution professing to uphold ’exemplary moral values’ – in response to the reprehensible conduct exhibited by their manager.”
Fenerbahce, who are second in the Super Lig six points behind Galatasaray, are yet to react on the matter.
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