Jose Mourinho couldn't resist aiming a thinly-veiled dig at old rival Arsene Wenger regarding his proposed changes to the offside rule. The Portuguese manager was a guest pundit for TNT Sports for Saturday's Champions League final at Wembley, which saw Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0. Wenger , who is now FIFA's chief of global football development, proposed a change to the offside rule based on the 'daylight' principle.
This would state that an attacking player is onside if any part of his or her body is level with the defender - a proposition that he has reportedly made to football's law-making body, the International FA Board. Mourinho, who will be officially presented as the new boss of Fenerbahce later on Sunday, clearly isn't a fan of the idea. During TNT Sports' coverage at Wembley, ex-talkSPORT presenter Laura Woods was speaking about Wenger and saying that she would love to get him over for a chat alongside Mourinho.
In typically sarcastic fashion, Mourinho said: "Ask him about what he wants to do with the offside, oh my God." With a roll of the eyes, Mourinho then added: "Let me go before please." Mourinho's comment sparked fits of laughter from Woods and Steve McMananan, with Rio Ferdinand exclaiming: "Jose!" Of course Wenger and Mourinho have plenty of history with the French boss managing Arsenal for 22 years.
Mourinho's first spell in England with Chelsea saw him win back-to-back titles to wrestle glory away from Wenger's Invincibles side from 2004. In his.