JOSE MOURINHO has revealed he broke lockdown rules to help Tottenham star Tanguy Ndombele fix his WiFi GPS.
The Spurs boss, 57, was pictured appearing to be running the club’s record signing, 23, through some drills at Hadley Common in North London in April.
Mourinho has revealed he breached lockdown rules to help Ndombele with his WiFi GPS device
Despite since apologising for his “mistake”, Mourinho has now revealed he was doing “nothing” – suggesting everything was blown out of proportion.
Mourinho explained: “I spent two minutes with him, trying to teach him how to use the WiFi GPS – nothing more than that.
“It was nothing. We were working with the players at a distance, on Zoom. We were monitoring the players with WiFi GPS.
“At that time the players were allowed to go and run in the street and the park, which is what they were doing.
“I went to help a player to put in practice the GPS.
“The pictures taken in the park speaking with a little group of young men, they were football players but from another club.
“They were not my players. They were players from a Championship club.
“I was there at the right distance having a little talk with them and the pictures gave the idea I was with my players which was not true.
“It was still a mistake.”
In April, Mourinho had apologised for his behaviour, saying: “I accept my actions were not in line with government protocol.
“We must only have contact with members of our own household.
“It is vital we all play our part and follow government advice in order to support our heroes in the NHS and save lives.”
Meanwhile, Mourinho has branded Dele Alli’s one-match suspension as “unfair”.
The midfielder will miss the Premier League clash with Manchester United after he was punished for posting an offensive video on social media site Snapchat.
But Spurs boss Mourinho believes others have got away with far worse in lockdown — including himself.
He said: “I don’t think he deserves a one-match ban. Lots of people made mistakes during this lockdown period. I am one of the examples.
“In my case I believe it was a very, very, very small mistake that was not reported in the right way.
“But lots of people in football, and even outside football, made lots of mistakes. I don’t like these kinds of contradictions.
“I feel that it’s for everybody or it’s for nobody. It’s quite unfair for a kid who made a mistake and apologised for it.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
