Mourinho launches scathing attack on Benitezs weight

Jose Mourinho gestures during Chelsea's pre-season friendly with Barcelona (Getty Images)

pa href=http://www.independent.co.uk/topic/ChelseaF.c. title=ChelseaChelsea/a manager Jose Mourinho has launched a stunning attack on his old rival Rafa Benitez after comments from his wife, in which he labels Montse Benitez confused and told her to spend more time taking care of her husbands diet./p pThe rivalry between Mourinho and Benitez refuses to die down having originally cropped up when the latter was still managing Liverpool during Mourinho’s first spell in charge of Chelsea./ppThe feud was reignited this week when Benitez’s wife claimed that the 55-year-old was always cleaning up Mourinho’s mess at clubs he would join after the Portuguese’s tenure./pp a class=escenic-gallery href=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/chelsea-potential-arrivals-and-exits--july-10394206.html id=10394206 Chelsea potential arrivals and exits - July /a  /pp“We tidy up his messes,” she told La Region. “If you think about it, of course you end up crossing paths. There are only a few world-class clubs out there.”/pp img alt=Rafael-Benitez1.jpg src=http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article10396197.ece/BINARY/Rafael-Benitez1.jpg width=w460/ span class=caption Real Madrid manager Rafa Benitez /span However, Mourinho clearly hasn’t taken well to Montse’s claim, and launched an incredible attack on Benitez for his weight as well as blaming the Spaniard for ruining “the best team in Europe” when he replaced Mourinho at Inter Milan in 2010./pp“The lady is a bit confused, with all respect,” Mourinho said after seeing his side beat Barcelona on penalties. “Im not laughing, because her husband went to Chelsea to replace Roberto Di Matteo and he went to Real Madrid and replaced Carlo Ancelotti./pp“The only club where her husband replaces me was at Inter Milan, where in six months he destroyed the best team in Europe at the time. And for her also to think about me and to speak about me, I think the lady needs to occupy her time and if she takes care of her husbands diet she will have less time to speak about me.”/ph5strongRead more:/strongbra href=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/chelsea-vs-barcelona-match-report-blues-end-us-tour-on-a-high-with-penalty-shootout-victory-over-champions-league-holders-10423037.html title=Match report: Chelsea 2 Barcelona 2Match report: Chelsea 2 Barcelona 2/abra href=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/asmir-begovic-i-made-chelsea-move-for-the-challenge--not-the-cash-10422426.html title=Begovic: I made Chelsea move for a challenge, not cashBegovic: I made Chelsea move for a challenge, not cash/abra href=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/arsenal-chelsea-manchester-united-manchester-city-and-liverpool--highest-and-lowest-transfer-spenders-revealed-10421476.html title=Revealed: The title contenders who have spent the mostRevealed: The title contenders who have spent the most/a/h5pMourinho’s comments suddenly make the attack personal and the Chelsea manager could face a possible backlash for what has been deemed an unnecessary and over the top outburst. While the pair have failed to see eye-to-eye over a number of matters since their sides clashed in the Champions League semi-finals in 2005 and again in 2007, the dispute has often remained on the pitch rather than off it./pp img alt=Benitez-and-Mourinho.jpg src=http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article10421231.ece/BINARY/Benitez-and-Mourinho.jpg width=w460/ span class=caption Benitez and Mourinho back in 2005 /span Both Mourinho and Benitez have also worked at Chelsea and Real Madrid, although there were six years between Mourinho’s Stamford Bridge exit and Benitez taking the helm and two years have passed since ‘The Special One’ left Real with Benitez replacing Ancelotti this summer./p