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October 27, 2015

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho facing stadium ban after telling referee Jon Moss: 'Arsene Wenger was right - you are ****ing soft!'

By Neil Ashton for the Daily Mail22:30 26 Oct 2015, updated 10:26 27 Oct 2015

Jose Mourinho has been charged with misconduct by the FA
Chelsea boss Mourinho sent to the stands during 2-1 defeat by West Ham
Mourinho refused to leave the referee's room at Upton Park on Saturday
The Portuguese manager was heard calling referee Jon Moss 'soft'
Blues coach Silvino Louro also dismissed after Nemanja Matic red card
The FA have also charged West Ham for failing to control their players
Mourinho has a suspended stadium ban hanging over his head
There is the possibility that the disciplinary commission will recommend - or instruct - Mourinho to take an anger management course
Premier League champions face clash against Liverpool on Saturday
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Jose Mourinho faces the threat of a stadium ban after refusing to leave the referee’s room during his showdown with Jon Moss at Upton Park on Saturday.

The Chelsea manager heaped more shame on the club after the FA charged him and his assistant Silvino Louro with misconduct following Saturday’s chaotic 2-1 defeat by West Ham.

Chelsea and West Ham have also been charged separately for failing to control their players during two controversial incidents just before half-time.

Jose Mourinho (right) faces the threat of a stadium ban after being charged with misconduct by the FA

Mourinho leaves the Chelsea training ground on Monday with son Jose Jnr in the back seat

The Portuguese did at least seem to muster a smile as he left Cobham on Monday

The Chelsea boss confronted referee Jon Moss (left) at half-time as his side struggled against West Ham

Among a stream of insults aimed at Moss, Mourinho told him: ‘Wenger was right — you are ****ing soft’

The FA acted on Monday night after reviewing referee Moss’s extraordinary incident report detailing Mourinho’s behaviour during the interval. There is also the possibility that the disciplinary commission will recommend — or instruct — Mourinho to take an anger management course.

Among a stream of insults aimed at Moss as the teams and coaching staff made their way down the tunnel at half-time, Mourinho told him: ‘Wenger was right — you are ****ing soft’.

That could relate to Moss failing to adequately censure Arsene Wenger when the Arsenal manager shoved him during an altercation at Stamford Bridge in October 2014. Moss was the fourth official when the incident took place and Chelsea’s manager has always believed that he would have been severely punished by the FA had he been the offender.

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Mourinho was already at risk of a stadium ban for his post-match comments following Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat by Southampton at Stamford Bridge on October 3.

The Chelsea manager is appealing against his £50,000 fine and suspended, one-match stadium ban. It is expected to be heard by the FA’s regulatory commission before they play Liverpool on Saturday. Mourinho has until 6pm on Thursday to respond to the latest charge.

A stadium ban for this latest offence would be the most severe punishment, but he could also be suspended from the touchline or fined.

Referee Moss reduced Chelsea to 10 men by sending off Nemanja Matic shortly before the break

Matic makes the long walk off after being shown a red card for two bookable offences on Saturday

Chelsea assistant coach Silvino Louro was sent to the stands after Matic's first-half red card

Mourinho spent the second half in the directors' box and was forced to watch on as others celebrated

Rui Faria (left) and Steve Holland took charge in the second-half after Mourinho's sending-off at half-time

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According to FA rules, he would be ‘banned from attending, at any time on the match day, the stadium or the ground at which Chelsea’s first team plays its next match in an approved competition’. In addition, the Chelsea manager would not be allowed access to any part of the stadium site on matchday and would not be allowed any contact with his players or coaching staff.

The FA confirmed that Mourinho’s previous behaviour will be taken into account at the hearing and that they also have wide-ranging powers in terms of punishments.

After he was branded ‘an enemy of football’ by UEFA and banned for a Champions League tie against Bayern Munich, Mourinho famously hid in a kit skip to take the pre-match team talk in the dressing room at Stamford Bridge.

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West Ham have also been charged by the FA for failing to control their players during the clash

Mauro Zarate celebrates putting West Ham into a 1-0 lead during the fiery London derby

Chelsea duo Diego Costa and Willian look dejected after Andy Carroll's winning goal at Upton Park

Ramires and Blues captain John Terry (right) trudge off after suffering another Premier League defeat

His ban for poking former Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova in the eye while at Real Madrid was rescinded in an attempt to soothe relations between the bitter La Liga rivals.

Moss’s statement is supported by his two assistant referees and the fourth official, who were all in the room at the time of Mourinho’s alleged misconduct.

If he is banned from the touchline he will still be allowed to conduct a pre-match and half-time team talk, but he will not be allowed to sit on the sidelines.

Instead he will be permitted to use a ‘runner’ or to communicate with the remaining assistants by phone during the game from a seat in the stands.

Although the FA have made it clear that Mourinho could still be fined for Saturday’s behaviour, the last commission had tired of financial penalties and admitted they were no longer an adequate deterrent.

Chelsea lost their cool again after they mistakenly believed Kurt Zouma’s header had crossed the line, but the goalline decision technology proved otherwise.

Moss (left) looks on as Arsene Wenger and Mourinho clash during Chelsea's 2-0 win against Arsenal in 2014

Mourinho’s alleged insult could be related to Moss failing to adequately censure Wenger for the incident

Nemanja Matic, who was cautioned shortly after Chelsea’s disallowed effort, was then sent off for a second booking in the 36th minute.

Louro was dismissed just before half-time after he encroached on to the field of play and he has now been charged by the FA for misconduct in relation to the incident that led to him being sent to the stands.

Chelsea have already incurred a mandatory £25,000 fine for exceeding five bookings in a Premier League game.

But that is nothing compared to the damage to the club’s reputation as Mourinho continues his one-man war with the FA and the game’s governing bodies. He has lost control in recent weeks and Saturday’s exchange has increased fears at the club that he is unable to turn this desperate situation around.

He returned to the club’s training base on Monday morning to prepare for Tuesday evening’s Capital One Cup tie with Stoke City and left at lunchtime with his son Jose junior.

This is a huge week for Mourinho and he is expected to be fired by Roman Abramovich if Chelsea are beaten by Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

The FA are also growing weary of Mourinho and they made it clear in their previous judgement, for comments about the performance of referee Robert Madley, that fines were no longer an adequate punishment for a man paid £10million-a -year by Chelsea alone.

Former Chelsea assistant Steve Clarke gives instructions in the absence of Mourinho during the Champions League quarter-final first leg clash against Bayern Munich in 2005

Alan Pardew was handed a seven-match touchline ban for this headbutt on Hull midfielder David Meyler

The first Premier League manager to incur a stadium ban was Alan Pardew after he butted Hull City defender David Meyler at the KC Stadium in 2014. Pardew, then in charge at Newcastle, was banned from the touchline for seven games — three of them from the stadium.

Despite the problems at Stamford Bridge, Stoke manager Mark Hughes claims Mourinho is irreplaceable and billed him as the greatest manager in the club’s history.

The Welshman, who played for Chelsea from 1995 to 1998, said: ‘Who would you replace Jose Mourinho with to get an uplift out of your club? It doesn’t ring true for me. Jose’s the best manager Chelsea have ever had so why would they change?

‘The only way you turn it around is by winning games. Jose will have more chance than anyone of doing that at Chelsea.

‘You get together as a group at these times and I think Jose is strong in that regard.’

Hughes reckons Mourinho is experiencing the toughest phase of a managerial career which has also included stints at Porto, Real Madrid and Inter Milan.

He hopes his Stoke players can take advantage of Chelsea’s current struggles because he expects Mourinho’s side to rediscover their best form in the near future.

‘The clubs that he has been at have always been top clubs and have probably had very few periods where he’s lost the number of games he has in quick succession,’ said Hughes. ‘Normal service will be resumed. They’ll be back on track.’