#4 "He is one of these people who is a voyeur - he likes to watch other people. He's worried about us, he's always talking about us - it's Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea"
An article relating to the controversy of Mourinho's words would simply not be complete without mention of Arsene Wenger. The pair have had one of the most colourful relationships in football and these comments about the Frenchman during Mourinho's first spell at Chelsea in 2005 epitomise each manager's obsession with one another.
Mourinho's labelling of Wenger as a 'voyeur', which can essentially be defined as someone who enjoys watching the pain of others, was sparked by Wenger's comments regarding a "loss of belief" in the Chelsea camp after a defeat at home to Charlton for the Blues.
There's perhaps no doubting that Wenger had concentrated on Chelsea's fortunes more than he should have done, but Mourinho was, and always has been, just as bad himself. Most notably his comment back in 2014 labelling Wenger as a "specialist in failure" was a form of steep escalation in response to comments from the Frenchman that bigger clubs were becoming too afraid to fail. Mourinho clearly took it very much to heart and there seemed to be a build-up of oppressed resentment spill out quickly.
Even as recently as a week ago it seemed Mourinho could not help but have a dig at Arsene and Arsenal regarding the Mkhitaryan-Sanchez swap deal. It could be suggested that Mourinho subtly degraded his Premier League rivals by referring to United as a "giant" club and the North-London outfit as merely a "fantastic" one.
However you read it, there's no doubting that it is both Wenger and Mourinho who enjoy taunting one another and there's no way that Mourinho can suggest this is a one-sided obsession.