Jose’s feud for thought

WHEN things get really personal between two managers it starts to bring both of their clubs into disrepute.

Which is why the League Managers Association have to get involved in the growing spat between Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte.

The LMA need to pull them aside and say, ‘Look, we’ve no problem with a bit of sledging but it’s getting a bit unsavoury and below the belt – and it shows all bosses in a bad light’.

Manchester United and Chelsea are two of our biggest clubs and their managers need to remember that.

I like Mourinho. It took me a bit of time to get used to his ways but after spending a bit of time with him around the #GameForGrenfell, I realised that he is more than happy to play the pantomime villain if it deflects from performances.

But Mourinho (above) and Conte have already gone beyond the Arsene Wenger v Sir Alex Ferguson stuff that was the benchmark of what should and shouldn’t be deemed acceptable.

And if they go any further they need to be seriously punished because other managers will start to think this is the norm.

Then things will really get chaotic.