This handout picture released by UEFA shows (LtoR, front row) Juventus’ coach Massimiliano Allegri, Manchester United’s coach Jose Mourinho, UEFA Coaching Ambassador Sir Alex Ferguson, UEFA interim General Secretary Theodore Theodoridis, Bayern Munich’s Carlo Ancelotti, Paris Saint Germain’s coach Unai Emery and Real Madrid’s coach Zinedine Zidane. (LtoR second row) UEFA Chief Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina, Gent’s head coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck, Newcastle United’s coach Rafael Benitez, FC Zenit’s coach Mircea Lucescu, Arsenal’s coach Arsene Wenger, FC Barcelona’s coach Luis Enrique, Wolfsburg’s coach Dieter Hecking, Dynamo Kiev’s coach Serguei Rebrov, UEFA director of competitions Giorgio Marchetti and UEFA chief technical officer Ioan Lupescu posing for a picture during a session of the Elite football Club Coaches Forum at the UEFA headquerters in Nyon, on August 31, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / UEFA / HANDOUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / UEFA” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSHANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images
Arsene Wenger’s bitter feud with Jose Mourinho, is not likely to end soon, after the Arsenal boss refused to allow Mourinho sit next to him at a UEFA conference.
According to Spanish newspaper, Marca, the new Manchester United manager arrived late to the event, as one of his Old Trafford predecessors, Sir Alex Ferguson, delivered a speech.
He spotted a seat opposite Paris Saint-Germain manager, Unai Emery, Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane and next to Wenger. Mourinho reportedly asked if he could take the seat.
Marca reports that, without batting an eyelid, Wenger replied: “No, it isn’t possible.”
The other coaches in the room laughed at his response and Mourinho eventually had to find another seat.
Both managers have endured a strained relationship, since the Portuguese first arrived in England in 2004. And during his second stint at Chelsea, Mourinho famously called Wenger “a specialist in failure”.
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