10 famous managers who dislike each other

Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho have a heated rivalry

#1 Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger shoved Jose Mourinho and they almost came to blows in 2014

The Special One is as gifted in nurturing hate for his fellow managers as he is when it comes to winning trophies. If you thought his dislike for Pep was fierce then it is nothing compared to the utter disdain he has exhibited for Arsene Wenger. Their contentious relationship goes back to Mourinho’s first stint with Chelsea when going up against the Frenchman was unavoidable.

When Wenger commented that Chelsea’s form had dipped in 2004, Mourinho called him a ‘voyeur’ who likes to watch people and more recently called him a “specialist in failure” for not having won a league title in 14 years. However, a war of words proved insufficient for these two managers as they longed for more satisfying outlets for their hatred of each other.

Wenger went so far as to push Mourinho near the technical area while their teams played out a league match in 2014. The two men have never seen eye-to-eye on any matter and have taken every opportunity to insult the other whether it was even relevant. This season itself, Mourinho mentioned how there is so much pressure on him despite his record while there is none on Wenger who has just won a couple of FA Cups since the ‘Invincibles’ era.

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