War of the Words: Top 5 battles between Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho

#2 Voyeurs, success and stupidity

The gloves were off when Wenger and Mourinho went head-to-head in press conferences

The year 2005 was when this rivalry between the two managers was truly cemented. After the Arsenal manager had openly criticised Chelsea’s big spending, Mourinho made his infamous statement where he referred to Wenger as a voyeur.

"I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur," he said. "He likes to watch other people.

“There are some guys who, when they are at home, they have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks and speaks and speaks about Chelsea."

This was when Wenger had gotten back with this dig:

“I find it out of order, disconnected with reality and disrespectful. When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes and not more intelligent.”

Ouch. Mourinho won that verbal round, though, with the following retort.

“We have a file of quotes from Mr. Wenger about Chelsea in the last 12 months – it is not a file of five pages. It is a file of 120 pages.”

Was Mourinho just a tad obsessed with Wenger considering he kept count? We will never know.