Gary Lineker has revealed a secret feud with Jose Mourinho stemming from an award ceremony snub 9 years in the past.
The Match of the Day host beforehand loved a great relationship with Mourinho, however issues started to show bitter after the ‘Particular One’ requested to not obtain a GQ journal award from Lineker in 2015.
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Lineker claims his relationship with Mourinho stays damaged following the awards ceremony and remembers a clumsy alternate with the Portuguese coach after a Champions League conflict at Outdated Trafford.
“I bear in mind when he first got here, he was this unimaginable persona, actually participating and I believed he was witty and he was humorous. I feel the sport has crushed him up somewhat through the years,” Lineker instructed The Relaxation is Soccer podcast.
“I did somewhat documentary with him, he used to textual content me on a regular basis, he used to textual content me after Match of the Day, saying ‘you guys perceive it, that is nice.’
“We had been going alongside like that for 2 years after which one thing modified.
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“I used to be requested to current him with the Man of the 12 months award on the GQ Awards that they do yearly.
“They requested me to current the trophy and I stated ‘sure, I will do this for Jose, after all.’
“Then about 4 days earlier than the occasion, they obtained in contact and stated ‘Jose has obtained in contact and he does not need you to current the trophy to him, he needs somebody that is not in soccer.’
“I believed ‘hmm, that is a bit odd’, however I believed I will go alongside to the occasion anyway and I went as much as Jose and he sort of blanked me. I went ‘are we OK, are we OK Jose?’
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“He went ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah.’ However he wasn’t OK and he is by no means been OK since.”
Within the hope of attending to the underside of the saga, podcast colleagues Alan Shearer and Micah Richards probed England legend Lineker on what the possible trigger was.
The 63-year-old was unable to offer a solution, however went on to inform them about a clumsy face-to-face second at Outdated Trafford with the then Manchester United boss, after internet hosting a Champions League fixture for BT Sport.
“I have no idea to today whether or not it was one thing I stated on Match of the Day, I genuinely do not know. I interviewed him subsequently and he was very chilly,” Lineker added.
“I bear in mind doing a Champions League sport which they did not do very properly in.
“I went as much as the director’s bit at Manchester United and I used to be having a drink with Ed Woodward, he is a neighbour of mine so I do know him rather well.
“I am stood there having a drink and Jose comes up, however then he simply wandered off. He despatched a textual content to Ed Woodward, ‘why are you speaking to him?’
“To today, I do not know what I did. It’s a very long time in the past this occurred, however I do not know what occurred.”
