MY FEUD WITH WENGER WAS NOTHING PERSONAL BUT I ENJOYED BEATING HIM... BOOM BOOM BOOM

FORMER Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says his rivalry with Arsene Wenger was never personal – but he enjoyed beating Arsenal every time.

Mourinho’s bitter feud with the Gunners boss was one of the ugliest managerial conflicts in Premier League history (the rivals clash on the touchline in 2014, above) and stoked up bad feelings between Chelsea and Arsenal.

But the Special One says he feared playing

Newcastle more than

Arsenal during his time at Stamford Bridge, even though Wenger was one of his biggest title rivals.

Mourinho, in an interview with Rio Ferdinand’s VIBE with

FIVE podcast, said: “I was never looking for it, but the rivalry arrived in my direction.

“But it was never such a bad feeling that I crossed the road when I saw the guy in the street.

“Wenger and I had our things on the touchline, we had words, but what I enjoyed most was beating Arsenal every time we played against them.

“It was every time. Every time it was Chelsea – boom, boom, boom, it was what I enjoyed. I didn’t enjoy playing at Newcastle. I never won. It was always lose or draw.

“I think I won there once, probably with Chelsea and with Man United or Tottenham. But I think I only won there once or twice.

“There was never a rivalry with (Alan) Pardew or (Sam) Allardyce, but I just knew going there would be really, really hard every time. “I have very good relations with managers even when we had this rivalry.

“I have nothing with Pep Guardiola (with Mourinho, left).

“I respect the fact that Inter played Barcelona four times in the same season in the Champions League and then Real Madrid and Barcelona. But never a bad rivalry, we just played a lot.”

Mourinho says that he is now desperate to get back into work after being sacked by Roma last month.

He has already turned down an approach from Saudi Arabia but admits he wants a new challenge.

He added: “I was having lunch with my guys and I was telling them that if I can work tomorrow, then I work tomorrow. I don’t enjoy any day without work.”