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16th Oct 2015

WATCH: “Not him!” – Jose Mourinho refuses to give journalist the time of day at book launch

Shot down

Darragh Murphy

Was Arsene Wenger asking questions at Jose Mourinho’s book launch?

Probably not but it was someone for whom Mourinho must have similar disdain after the Chelsea manager flat-out refused to allow one reporter ask a question in a Q & A session on Thursday afternoon.

The Special One turned into The Elusive One at the launch of his new book Mourinho.

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The Blues boss was taking questions from the media who gathered at the London event where the topic of conversation was always going to be the £50,000 fine and one-game suspended stadium ban for the comments made after Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat to Southampton two weeks ago.

The Q & A almost went off without a hitch before Chelsea’s Press Officer indicated that there would be just one more question for Mourinho but when one reporter put his hand up to ask, the temperamental manager said “not him!” and moved on.

Who was this mystery man and what on earth did he do to piss off Mourinho?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNc-lRgTmsM

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