Take a look at Here and The City’s top 7 Football Manager rants. Kevin Keegan at Newcastle, Manchester United’s Alex Ferguson, Rafael Benitez at Liverpool, José Mourinho at Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Redknapp’s infamous explicit rant, Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger and Ron Atkinson at Coventry.
7. Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger has been known to hit the back pages for more than Arsenal’s performances on the field. In a heat of the moment rant, Wenger said: “He (Martin Taylor) shouldn’t be allowed to play football again” after he broke Eduardo’s leg.
Wenger was also charged with improper conduct by Uefa for “inappropriate language” towards referee Massimo Busacca after the Champions League defeat to Barcelona in 2011. Wenger confronted the official after the final whistle over the sending off of Robin van Persie, who was shown a second yellow card for shooting at goal just a second after he had blown the whistle for offside. Angry exchanges continued inside the tunnel.
6. Harry Redknapp
Harry Redknapp did not take too kindly to Sky Sports Rob Palmer calling him a “wheeler dealer” after his Spurs side had just suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Wigan. Calm down ‘arry!.
5. Alex Ferguson
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was been given a five-math touchline ban and fined £30,000 for lashing out at referee Martin Atkinson. Following a defeat to Chelsea, he said: “You want a fair referee, or a strong referee anyway – and we didn’t get that. I must say, when I saw who the referee was I feared it. I feared the worst.”
4. Ron Atkinson v Richard Keys
Coventry manager Ron Atkinson takes on Coventry supporter Richard Keys in a live interview.
3. José Mourinho
After losing to Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Wednesday, Mourinho was not only caught on camera thrusting a finger in the eye of Barça’s assistant coach, Tito Vilanova, he continued with a verbal attack on Barcelona in a post match interview. He said
“We came here to play, This is not a criticism, I’m just stating a fact: there were no ball-boys in the second half, which is typical of small teams when experiencing difficulties. “We intended to play like men and not fall on the ground at the slightest touch.”
2. Rafael Benitez
Rafael Benitez unleashed a furious outburst at Alex Ferguson during a press conference in which he read out a dossier of facts on Manchester United.
1. Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan’s passionate rant is simply unforgettable, and takes number 1 place in the list of manager rants.
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