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Chelsea vs Arsenal: Arsene Wenger has 'nothing more to say' on his rivalry with Jose Mourinho ahead of clash

The pair clashed on the touchline last season and refused to shake hands at the end of the Community Shield

Tom Sheen
Friday 18 September 2015 11:05 BST
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Wenger and Mourinho square-up to each other earlier this season
Wenger and Mourinho square-up to each other earlier this season

Arsene Wenger says he has "nothing more to say" on his relationship with rival manager Jose Mourinho.

The pair meet at Stamford Bridge on Saturday lunchtime, the scene of their infamous touchline clash in October last year. The Arsenal and Chelsea managers have been engaged in a long-standing war of words, with the Portuguese once branding the Frenchman a "specialist in failure".

Wenger and Mourinho also failed to shake hands at the end of the Community Shield in August.

But Wenger would rather focus on his team's on-field performance, calling off the field antics "secondary".

"No special relationship (between any manager) is my worry, all I worry about is our performance tomorrow," said Wenger at a press conference.

"I respect everybody in the job and focus on what I love and that is football. All the rest honestly does not concern me much.

"Realistically people come to watch football and all the rest is a little bit secondary. What is important is the quality of what we will see tomorrow morning at 12.45 and you want people to focus on that."

Asked if he would shake Mourinho's hand and if he regretted their touchline bust-up, Wenger replied: "I don't want to talk about that. I have nothing more to say about this situation."

Wenger was asked if he felt Chelsea were in decline. He replied: "I don't know, I leave that to the specialists. I take care of my team and my own problems."

Additional reporting from PA

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