
Manchester
United boss Jose Mourinho says his war of words with Chelsea head coach
Antonio Conte is over ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final.
The pair have been involved in a long-running feud which started last season
when Mourinho clashed with Conte after Chelsea's 4-0 win over United at
Stamford Bridge and later said the Italian's celebrations were
"humiliating".
This season Conte used the Italian phrase "demenza senile" in relation to
the United manager, which translates as senile dementia with Mourinho
responding by alluding to Conte's match-fixing suspension at his former club
Siena, which he was later acquitted of.
But the United boss claims the pair are now at peace and fans should not
expect wounds to be re-opened at Wembley on Saturday.
Asked about his relationship with Conte, Mourinho told Portuguese newspaper
Record: "It's okay. It's okay. He stretched out [to shake hands], I
stretched out. We got bored.
"After the game in Manchester, I invited him to come to my office. We
talked. Nothing's wrong."
Mourinho also revealed he plans to replace departing assistant manager Rui
Faria with a new coach whom he has worked with before.
He said: "It's a person coming who worked with me before but I can't say the
name because he's still linked to another club.
"Good coaches there are many, but I like to make my assistants. I do not
like trained coaches, I like to shape them in my way of thinking and they
grow with me and I also grow with them."