Jose Mourinho wants APOLOGY from Fulham if they put a full-strength side against Tottenham in a jibe at former player Scott Parker over protests at the late ‘scandalous’ embarrassing change
- Tottenham host Fulham on Wednesday night in the reorganized league game
- Spurs had planned to meet Fulham on December 30 but that was postponed
- The match was postponed after the Covid-19 uprising among the Fulham squad
- Tottenham were expected to face Aston Villa away this Wednesday night
- But Fulham have replaced them as Spurs opponents after Villa’s Covid uprising
Jose Mourinho has said Fulham should apologize for threatening to end the Premier League if they turn at Tottenham with a full-strength team.
‘Do you want to end the season or not?’ Mourinho, the Spurs boss, was hit as angry allegations flew from both sides ahead of the London derby on Wednesday night.
Fulham boss Scott Parker said it was’ scandalous’ and ‘blatantly wrong’ to bring his team into a game at such a short stage – to narrow down Tottenham ‘s dense fixture list.
Jose Mourinho has sent the knife to Fulham and Scott Parker by saying the club should apologize if they turn with a full-strength team to quickly reorganize the club
Scott Parker is angry that his Fulham side were taken so short for the rescheduled game
‘I’m angry, I’m ashamed,’ said Parker. ‘Do I believe this would happen if it were an issue at the top of the table? No. I don’t think it should happen to anyone. It is very unfair. ‘
Fulham’s players are just back from loneliness and say they would have used a different approach to Saturday’s FA Cup tie at QPR, having won in extra time, if they had known they were at Spurs four days later.
‘We don’t make up for this,’ Parker asked as he emphasized ‘game integrity’ and ‘player welfare’ but there was little sympathy from Spurs.
Fulham were ready to bring in Chelsea on Friday, but are now up against Spurs two days earlier
Mourinho said: ‘We have played, if I am not wrong, 11 more games than Fulham since the start of the season.’
While his numbers were one out – if not counting the Carabao Cup tie removed by Leyton Orient because of Covid’s revolution – his point was clear. This is Tottenham’s 30th game in 122 days since the start of the season. This is Fulham ‘s 20th.
‘We played three games a week every week,’ Mourinho said. ‘We played in one week, four games. They played Saturday against QPR. They have Sunday, Monday and Tuesday to prepare for the game.
‘If they come with half the team, I’ll be the first to apologize to them, and I’ll be the first to say we played this game with a win.
‘If they come up with their best team, I think they should apologize for all of us. ‘
Mourinho shared a video of his Spurs squad waiting in the stadium for Fulham on 30 December
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The original fixture due for Dec. 30 was postponed on game day, at the request of Fulham when they recorded Covid ‘s in – camp advanced tests. It is still at the level of Mourinho.
When asked if Fulham were allowed just 48 hours ‘notice, he replied:’ Are you serious? They had 48 hours to prepare for this game. I had the news that I was not going to play them twice before the game. ‘
Parker said he was dismissed in December as ‘unfriendly’ and was ordered to play Wednesday’s game at 9.30am on Monday. ‘Tottenham knew they had fixtures,’ he said. The selection of Mourinho’s team suggested that weekend. He will be designed for that. ‘
Spurs had planned to go to Aston Villa on Wednesday night but that was postponed due to Covid ‘s issues at Villa. And Dean Smith ‘s side are believed to have called for the league to be postponed for Sunday’ s game against Everton, too, amid fears that they will not be allowed to return to their training ground until the day before the game.
‘We had things almost every week,’ Mourinho said. ‘One coach, one player, one medical worker. We had it all the time but we went out of our way to do the best we could.
‘We have to play football no matter what because if you have 14 players you have to play. We never tried to take advantage of it. ‘
His focus on the league’s obscure 14-player leadership felt at a feeling at Tottenham that some rival clubs were using the verification protocol to their advantage.