The Portuguese manager has recently revealed that he would want to see Arsenal dumped out of the Champions League because he is a good friend of Olympiakos head coach Marco Silva. Although the two tacticians may be friends, Mourinho has a solid history of throwing words at Wenger, most recently earlier this year when he described the Frenchman as a specialist in failure. He was referring to Arsenal’s lack of a major trophy in almost a decade.
The two tacticians almost exchanged blows in a previous Premier League match
The Gunners will face the Greek giants away from home on December 8, 2015 in an effort to book a second-place finish in Group F. A loss or draw with Olympiakos will shatter Wenger’s hopes of seeing his men proceed to the last round of 16.
In a recent interview, the Portuguese tactician explained:
“I would always like English teams to qualify, first.’’
“They [Arsenal] are in a group where a kid friend of mine is the manager of Olympiakos and it would be fantastic for the kid’s career to go through.’’
“So I have to be honest and say that I would like the kid and Olympiakos to go on, and we know that Bayern go through for sure.”
