Mourinho 'Disgraceful' & 'Disgusting' - Lo Monaco

The war started on Saturday night following Inter’s 2-1 win over Catania when Mourinho angered and upset the Sicilians with his comments during his post-match interview.

This led to Lo Monaco slamming Mourinho’s arrogance and disrespect yesterday morning, sensationally stating: “Mourinho is simply someone who should be smacked in the mouth."

Unsurprisingly this led to a Mourinho reply yesterday evening in which he taunted Lo Monaco by saying that he had never heard of him.

"Some time ago I said that there were people who wanted to be on the first page of the newspapers by using my name and talking about me,” said ‘The Special One’.

“I have a sponsor who pays me to advertise him, and I do not give free publicity to anyone.

“As for Lo Monaco I do not know who he is. With the name Monaco I have heard of Bayern Monaco (Munich) and the Monaco GP, the Tibetan Monaco (Monk), and the Principality of Monaco.

“I have never heard of any others.”

This morning Lo Monaco has now bitten back at these taunts, and he does not hold back in his assessment of Mourinho.

“I don't think Italian football would lose anything without Mourinho,” he roared.

“Firstly, I certainly don't care about newspaper headlines. I have never looked for publicity. I just try to do the best I can with the humble funds our President can supply.

“Secondly it is disgraceful that Mourinho makes money through publicity and threw this in my face, along with the people of Catania and all the other smaller clubs, with his disgusting air of superiority and disdain.

“Last of all, I am called Lo Monaco and not just Monaco.”

The Catania director did apologise for saying that Mourinho “needs a smack in the mouth”, but not because he didn’t believe the coach deserved one, but rather because he doesn’t want to incite any more violence among football fans.

“My comment wasn't meant to incite violence and I will apologise for that if some people think it did,” he noted.

“Inter have the strongest squad in Europe, but sadly they also have the biggest blabbermouth of a coach.”

It remains to be seen what Mourinho’s response will be to these comments, but expect one very soon.

Luca Capofranco