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PSG ace slams Man United boss Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo
HATEM BEN ARFA has launched a scathing attack on Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho.
PSG ace Hatem Ben Arfa: Man United boss Jose Mourinho is killing football
Former Newcastle star Ben Arfa, who left for Nice in 2015 and went on to Paris Saint-Germain last summer, hit out at Jose Mourinho and Diego Simeone.
He reckons the Manchester United and Atletico Madrid bosses' management styles are "killing football"
"Many coaches are convinced to invent football on the pretext that they are looking for a system to block the opponent," Ben Arfa told France Football.
Hatem Ben Arfa has questioned the essence of football
"But this is not in the essence of football, with Mourinho and Simeone.
"It is the antithesis of [former Ajax and Barcelona coach Johan] Cruyff and his freedom, and with them there is no longer room for pleasure.
"There is no more spectacle, to the point that football interests me much less. I do not find pleasure watching matches. Even in Ligue 1, we kill football.”
Hatem Ben Arfa has branded Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo "predictable"
Speaking to France Football, Ben Arfa also revealed he does not enjoy watching Cristiano Ronaldo and has branded him "predictable".
"Cristiano Ronaldo, he does not give me any emotion," Ben Arfa said.
"He is predictable."