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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hits back at Jose Mourinho’s alleged threat to 'break his face'
ARSENE WENGER has insisted that he will continue to speak his mind – despite Jose Mourinho’s alleged threats to “break his face.”
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But the Arsenal manager, whose team, face Mourinho’s old side Chelsea in a crunch clash tomorrow night at the Emirates, said: “I have no personal problem with anybody, I respect everybody in our game and I don’t comment on other teams.
“Sometimes I just say what i think, but that is part of the way I am.
“I personally am just focused on doing my job well and respecting everybody else. I will maybe make a book one day but I am not ready for that yet!
“I haven’t read the book and I certainly won’t read it. I cannot comment on that. I talk about football and that’s all I do. I’m not in a destructive mode, ever.
“I’m more constructive and I cannot comment on that because I’m focused on tomorrow’s game and how we want to play football.”
Wenger added: “This game was always just a big, important game and the personal rivalry was never, in my head, a concern.
Arsene Wenger hits back at Jose Mourinho's comments
“What is always important is that it is a big game. Chelsea in the last 10 years had very, very strong teams. Today as well.
“Before that period, we were always beating them - after that, they were always the stronger team for a few years.
“Now, it looks like it’s a new era where it’s a bit more balanced again and we feel we are progressing at the moment so we have a good opportunity to grab and to change what I call ‘the inconvenient facts’ of recent years.”
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