‘It’s weakness, I hate it’ – Mourinho tackles Guardiola over sabbatical

Real Madrid manager, José Mourinho has seemingly criticized his long-time rival, Pep Guardiola, asserting that coaches who take to instrumentality a voluntary interruption grounds weakness.

Following the decision of his decade-long tenure with Manchester City successful June, Guardiola is presently connected a sabbatical. He besides notably took a hiatus from coaching aft his palmy four-year play astatine Barcelona, which ended successful the summertime of 2012.

Mourinho, who has had a nonrecreational rivalry with Guardiola since his archetypal spell astatine Real Madrid, holds a contrasting presumption regarding taking clip disconnected from the sport.

The Portuguese said successful his Netflix documentary, arsenic reported by Yahoo Sports: “Some guys, they request a sabbatical… which is thing that I hate.

“I hatred that word. For me, sabbatical means weakness. Don’t talk with maine astir sabbaticals. I ne'er request a rest. I volition person a remainder erstwhile God decides to say, ‘Come up.’”

Mourinho, who reportedly had his €15 cardinal merchandise clause astatine Benfica activated by Real Madrid earlier this June, elaborated connected his aboriginal plans.

“I cannot adjacent fathom erstwhile I volition cease my engagement successful football. I accidental 10 much years, but it could beryllium much than that. It is enjoyable.

“It has been, it is, and volition ever beryllium enjoyable. I aspire to triumph much titles. I privation to secure...