SLEEPY JOSE’S PLANE CRAZY
JOSE MOURINHO was fuming again after his Manchester United players were left stranded in London on Monday night.
The United boss was already in a bad mood after losing to former club Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
But his evening got even worse when they arrived at Heathrow to find their plane was still in another country.
Instead, they took a coach back to Manchester, eventually taking the same length of time as it took to get back from their Europa League trip to Russia last week.
A source told Starsport: “When they arrived at Heathrow, the plane wasn’t there and they were informed that it was in another country and with the delay was due to land around 2.30am.
“The two solutions were, stay in Heathrow for three hours, sleeping in a chair, or go by bus to Manchester for four hours and arrive about the same time.
“But the chairs in the bus were a bit more comfortable.
“Mourinho and his players arrived in Manchester around 4am, about the same time they
arrived last Friday when they flew from Rostov.”
The source added: “There have been many other episodes this season that the manager and players are far from happy about.
“It looks like United are being treated like a very small club.”
There was some good news for Mourinho as Marcos Rojo escaped a potential five-match ban for stamping on Eden Hazard. But referee Michael Oliver saw the incident and decided to take no action, ruling out any retrospective punishment.
United still face a fine for failing to control their players. The club have been charged after players mobbed Oliver for sending off Ander Herrera.
They have until 6pm on Friday to respond.
Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois said: “They tried to get in our mind by fouling and kicking. These are the mind games they play. They get it from their manager.”