Chelsea boss Mourinho brands FA fine as absolute disgrace

Jose Mourinho has rounded on the Football Association and described his £50,000 fine as "an absolute disgrace".

The Chelsea boss was on Wednesday handed a one-match suspended stadium ban and hit in the pocket after accepting a misconduct charge from the FA for comments he made about the match officials after the 3-1 loss to Southampton on October 3.

The Portuguese will be banned from the stadium if he speaks out of turn again in the next 12 months.

Mourinho, speaking at Waterstones Piccadilly to promote his book 'MOURINHO' on Thursday evening, reacted to the punishment by saying: "Every word I say is a big risk for me.

"I am happy that I don't have an electronic tag. I think it's not far from (that).

"I also think that £50,000 in the world where we live today is an absolute disgrace.

"And I also think that the possibility of getting a stadium ban is also something absolutely astonishing."

The Chelsea manager also again hit out at Arsene Wenger without naming the Arsenal boss.

Mourinho and Wenger don't exactly see eye-to-eye. Credit: PA

Mourinho felt aggrieved Wenger went unpunished for calling referee Mike Dean "weak" and "naive" following Arsenal's defeat to Chelsea last month.

Yet the Portuguese was sanctioned for his criticism of Robert Madeley, the official in the loss to Saints. Mourinho said that "referees are afraid to give decisions to Chelsea".

Wenger also escaped punishment for pushing Mourinho in the Stamford Bridge technical area in October 2014, something which still grates with the Chelsea boss.

Mourinho, who called for the media to "go deep" in examining his fractious relationship with the FA, added: "There is something that, now, we know. One, we can push people in the technical area.

"The word 'afraid' is a punishment, and a hard punishment. To say the referee was 'weak and naive'... we can do."

Chelsea won the title last term, in the second season of Mourinho's second spell, but have lost four of eight Premier League games this term, leaving the manager under pressure.