“Eto’o? No, he is 32 years old or 35, I do not know”. These are the words that hit the headlines since Sunday. They were held by José Mourinho, Chelsea manager on his Cameroonian striker. The latter has also not digested these comments, as revealed by his former coach Claude Leroy Monday.

Except that José Mourinho is a victim of a conspiracy by the Canal + who broadcasted the report. The Portuguese coach ensures that he had not been warned that the conversation was being filmed and is quickly blames a journalist today when the issue was raised. “I think you should all be ashamed because it is against your ethics. That person showed who he was and that he does not know his work,” he dropped.

“The comment was not good and it’s not something that I would officially say. Firstly because I ‘m not laughing, and secondly because if there are managers in this world who defend the players, I ‘m one of them. And thirdly because Samuel Eto’o is Samuel Eto’o. Four times winner of the Champions League. It is with him that I had the best season of my career. It was a funny conversation between me and someone who is not in football. It is a shame that someone records this private conversation”, he added.