Here’s a post-game storyline you probably never though you’d hear: Jose Mourinho and the opposing manager — Stoke City’s Mark Hughes, a man with a length history of handshake-related strife of his own — didn’t shake hands following Saturday’s 2-2 draw at the bet365 Stadium, and the Manchester United manager appears terribly offended to have been asked about the incident.
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Here’s what Mourinho had to say, which as you’ll note, doesn’t go any deeper than “It’s not my fault,” which, to be fair, nothing has ever been Mourinho’s fault:
Classic Mourinho. pic.twitter.com/LOMeoaCEv1
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) September 9, 2017
Should “hands not shaken” henceforth be tracked as an official stat, one might forecast that Mourinho would lead the league and/or world in such a category, given his history of salutational controversy. You know what they say, Jose: if you are the common denominator, you might also be the problem.
Here’s what Hughes had to say — quotes from the BBC:“I’m not sure why he didn’t want to shake my hand, I didn’t think there were any issues.
“There was a time he came into my technical box and I told him to get out but that was it. Maybe that was what upset him.”Follow @AndyEdMLS
