ARSENE WENGER WOULD NOT JOIN ISSUES WITH MOURINHO OVER NEW BOOK

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has laughed off reports that Jose Mourinho says he would “break his face”.

Mourinho’s comments were included in a new biography of the Manchester United coach, by football writer Rob Beasley.

He told Beasley during a conversation in 2014: “When Mr Wenger criticises CFC and Man United over the deal with Mata… I will find him one day outside a football pitch and I will break his face.”

Wenger has  refused to join issues with Mourinho and says he will not read the book.

“I haven’t read the book and I certainly will not read it so I cannot comment on that. I talk about football and that’s all I do,” Wenger said ahead of Arsenal’s clash with Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday.

“I’m not in a destructive mood. Never. I’m more constructive and I cannot comment on that because I’m focused on tomorrow’s game and the way we want to play football.

“I have no personal problem with anybody, I respect everybody in our game and I don’t feel I comment a lot on other teams. Sometimes maybe I say what I think but that’s part of the way I am.

“What is amazing is that this has nothing to do with our game tomorrow and I personally am just focused on just doing well in my job and respecting everybody else.”