Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho has fuelled speculation he will move to Real Madrid this summer by admitting he will coach the Spanish giants ''sooner or later''.
''What they write about me having one foot in Madrid and one in Milan is false,'' he said. ''(But) Sooner or later I will coach Real Madrid. I coached a big team in England, I am coaching a big team in Italy, and then I will coach a big team in Spain.''Mourinho has already led Inter to the Coppa Italia this season and is closing in on a treble. But he has frequently expressed his dissatisfaction with life in Italy.
''I have won everything in three countries and I don't need anything,'' he added. ''But, what makes me laugh is when some presidents compare me to their own coaches who haven't won anything.
''The hypocrisy of Italian football...people come to me and pat me on the back and say 'you're a great coach'. But as soon as I turn my back they attack me. I don't like all this.''
Meanwhile, Mourinho has questioned Bayern Munich's attempts to overturn Franck Ribery's suspension for the Champions League final.
Ribery was given a three-match ban after he was sent off for a foul on Lisandro Lopez in the semi-final first leg against Lyon, but Bayern went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to appeal.
Inter will be without Thiago Motta for the match as he was red-carded against Barcelona despite Sergio Busquets appearing to make the most of the incident, and Mourinho feels Bayern should accept the decision.
"This is a strange situation and everyone knows why Ribery was sent off," he said in Corriere dello Sport. "Why would they go to complain? After all, we had Thiago Motta sent off against Barcelona.
"I'm not saying it was a mistake from the referee, because it can often happen that officials are conned by players, such as he was in this case by Busquets.
"The fact remains that card will rule Motta out of the final, even if he did nothing to warrant the dismissal.
"We did not present an appeal by simply accepting the rules of the sport and I don't understand Bayern's behaviour." [end story]
MoMo in Madrid? That would be like WWIII between his ego and the RM front office. He likes to talk out loud, which doesn't suit the "smoke and mirrors" approach preferred by the "two mafiosi" running the family bidness. His candor would be seen as insurrection.
Another angle is his penchant for scathing indictments of his players in the press. When he doesn't like something he tells everyone about it. I can't imagine Ronny taking that.
The Spanish prensa are so moody that in the morning you're a hero and in the afternoon edition you're a zero. I think Jose would tire of that very quickly. One would assume that being Iberian, the Spanish fans would take that into account and give him some slack. But they have no such loyalties. Ronny is routinely insulted by his OWN FANS when they call him a "Portuguese SOB." The SOB part is generic, but the fact that they add the "Portuguese" part tells you there is no love lost between the two countries.
The one delicious thought I have about The Special One going to Madrid is the banter between him and the Ronny Puppet on his Special One TV show.
Shut up, Sven!
THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL TOO FAR FROM THE TREE:
The father of Chelsea and England footballer John Terry has argued that he was "targeted" by journalists in a tabloid sting, but admitted a charge of supplying cocaine in court.
Edward Terry pleaded guilty as he appeared before magistrates in Basildon, Essex and said he was "embarrassed" over an incident in which the Prosecutor Ricky Khagram alleged he dealt drugs to a News of the World journalist called Dan Sanderson and was paid a total of £160.
Terry's lawyer Neil Saunders said his client had been "targeted" by journalists because he was the footballer's father and said his client was "embarrassed" because of the upset caused to his son. [end story]
I spoke about this several months ago when I was tsk tsking Edward's son for being a philandering prat. I'm curious about the elder Terry's claim that he was "targeted." It's more like you were "caught."
His mother and aunt were also brought up on charges of shoplifting from a store in London. Nice family, JT. C-Club is just aces all around! No pics...you know my policy.
ANOTHER GONG FOR ROO
Wayne Rooney collected the 2010 Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award on Thursday night - and revealed he hoped to one day become a top-class manager.
Rooney, 24, topped the poll of journalists with just over 81% of a record number of votes cast, finishing ahead of Chelsea forward Didier Drogba and a short person from Man City to win the prestigious accolade, which has been running since 1948.
Rooney, who scored 34 goals in all competitions this term, admitted it was a privilege to follow the likes of World Cup winners Bobby Moore and Sir Bobby Charlton to be named Footballer of the Year, and revealed he intended to stay involved in the game for many years to come.
"I would like to [step into management]," Rooney said. "I joined Everton when I was nine years old and football has been a massive part of my life.
"When you do stop playing, I want to be involved in football. I started doing my coaching badges this year, and probably did not do as many classes as I would have liked. Hopefully I can continue them next year."
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