Mourinho backing Man Utd for the FA Cup

By European Football
May 20 2005

Jose Mourinho has stated that he hopes Manchester United win the FA cup on Saturday, he went on to tell of his Friendship with Sir Alex Ferguson:

"I respect him (Ferguson), but not just respect, I like him," Mourinho told BBC Sport.

"He is a person to fight with but a person that when a game ends we share a glass of wine and speak openly.

"He is a very correct person and he teaches me a few things.

"I would like Manchester United to win. I have no problem to say that."

And Wenger?: "I don’t know him well, so I think it’s not fair to speak about someone I don’t know personally.

"When he says he likes other Chelsea teams much more than our team I know why - because we are the champions. He preferred the other way when they were the champions.

"I didn’t like Arsenal at the start of the season when they smashed everybody and I don’t like them now when they beat Everton 7-0 and they win.

"But I liked them very much in the middle of the season when every weekend they lost points.

"I was in love with them then, so I can understand why Arsene doesn’t like us."