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The 2005-06 season featured one particular criticism, accusing Rijkaard of being unfit to be a head coach, claiming that Barca dove too much. Before the game against Liverpool, he took the initiative in provoking Liverpool’s manager Benitez.
Abramovich and Keane were busy covering for Mourinho’s blunders.
In the 2006-07 season, Abramovich handpicked Sheva and Ballack to join Chelsea, much to Mourinho’s displeasure.
Mourinho was a very opinionated coach, and, unfortunately, Chelsea’s owner Abramovich was just as strong-willed. A conflict between the two was inevitable.
That summer, the covert battle between Mourinho and Abramovich continued.
However, when it came to signing Huang Kaiwen, the two were in complete agreement.
While on vacation, Mourinho gave an interview where he told reporters, "Some people achieve success easily. The past three UEFA Champions League winners didn’t win because of the outstanding coaching skills. I don’t mean to target other coaches, but if you’ve seen Kevin’s performance in the Champions League, you would realize that you could replace those coaches with you or a random waiter standing in front of the coaches’ bench, and the result would not change. I’m very pleased to hear transfer rumors about Kevin, too bad he renewed his contract with Real Madrid. If he could transfer to Chelsea, we’d be a great match."
Ferguson and Wenger, who attended the Premier League coaches’ forum, weren’t as confrontational as they were on the coaching bench.
Both were quite amicable in front of the cameras, with Wenger even cracking a joke by mentioning a pun on a certain signer, prompting Ferguson to pretend to hit someone with the microphone.
When talking about the best player of the past few years, both mentioned the same name.
Tokyo.