Jose: Wenger always complains

Jose Mourinho has told Arsene Wenger
he should be happy Chelsea are
selling Juan Mata to Manchester
United.
The £37m sale of Mata has been
sanctioned less than a week after
United's defeat at Stamford Bridge, and
he cannot now face Chelsea this season.
That timing left Arsenal boss Wenger
questioning the fairness of a transfer
system, which means Mata will play
against Chelsea's title rivals during the
run-in.
But Mourinho has laughed off his rival's
concern, saying: "Wenger complaining is
normal, because he always does. It's
something that we know.
"When a player plays for a club on
August 20 and two weeks later on
September 5 plays against the same club
with a different shirt, this is normal,
because this is the market.
"We don't do the market, we don't do
the rules, we have just to do according to
the rules.
"If Wenger sells Mesut Ozil to
Manchester United in this moment I
would be very happy because he sells a
very important player.
"Normally he should be happy that
Chelsea sold a player like Juan Mata, but
this is a little bit his nature."
Another of Mourinho's opposite
numbers - Manchester City's Manuel
Pellegrini - has also voiced his concern
over the Mata deal, albeit in more
general terms than Wenger.
Pellegrini said: "I do not agree that a
transfer like this can happen in the
middle of the season. I do not think a
player should be allowed to go from one
club to another in the same league in
January.
"The rules are the rules, so you play by
them, but I just think they should
change. I am not saying scrap the
January window, just change it."
Mourinho regularly crossed swords with
Wenger during his first spell in English
football, but said back in July there
would no longer be "one single
problem" between the two.
The Portuguese again emphasised his
"respect" for Wenger before Chelsea
went to the Emirates in December but
ended the evening criticising Arsenal's
'crying tradition' in the wake of a bad-
tempered goalless draw.
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"Wenger complaining is normal,
because he always does. It's
something that we know."
Jose Mourinho