Jose Mourinho slammed Rick Karsdorp and a few days later seemed to launch a broadside at Tammy Abraham when claiming some Roma players ‘shouldn’t need motivating to earn their wages.’
The coach has used his last two post-match press conferences to blast his own players, although without naming them openly, dropping some pretty big hints as to who he was talking about.
Mou stated after the 1-1 draw with Sassuolo that someone had “betrayed his teammates with an unprofessional attitude” and it was very quickly ascertained this was referring to Karsdorp.
The Dutchman was promptly frozen out of the squad for the final game against Torino and has already left Italy with his family.
After the 1-1 result with Toro at the Stadio Olimpico, Mourinho used his press conference to attack a different player and the indications point towards Abraham.
He started a rant about modern football when asked if the England striker, who was excluded from the World Cup squad, was in need of fresh motivation after missing out on Qatar 2022.
“I am old-fashioned, but I think that when you become a professional football player in a universe where millions and millions of children dream of doing this, you don’t need the support of anyone,” said the Special One.
“You don’t need an external source of motivation. What is this? An external source. A coach, a psychologist. Why?
“You have to give your all every day on the pitch, in every training session, in every match. Play badly, play well, make mistakes, but the attitude is something separate from that.
“This raises questions over today’s world. Who needs psychological support here? Run, friend. Go out there, win individual duels, cause problems, put yourself about.
“My friend, there are millions of children who dream of being where you are, so few get there. These players are privileged.
“The external source of motivation should be that plus, that little bit extra, but you are a man. Mistakes are part of the game, but when it comes to the attitude, that is different. Do you need motivation to earn your salary?”
It is again no coincidence that this morning there were reports Roma are ready to listen to January offers for Abraham.
I must have missed the shot at Abraham in this article. Though I’m not a big Mou fan it seems like you are stirring the pot. He was asked a question about a specific player and he gave a general answer about all players which you want to interpret as him applying only to one.
Kinda weak.
Say what u will the man has hit the nail on the head about todays modern footballers and he is not speaking about Abraham specifically. Come and play your best regardless of place on the table or opponent, thegame would be better for it.
C’mon, Susy!
You should know better than us!
Tammy is an animal, one of Mourinho’s best players.
The maestro has nothing bad to say about him.
This is why you keep getting 1… 2 comments on your nonsense. Level up before time kills off ur site. Don’t post it as usual but read it and learn some