Jose Mourinho has been handed a £25,000 fine for comments that he made against the FA last month.
The Portuguese manager spoke to the press after his side’s match against Southampton when he proclaimed that there is some sort of a campaign against his team.
“There is a campaign against Chelsea. I don’t know why there is this campaign and I do not care,” Mourinho said after the match.
“The referee made a mistake, people make mistakes and he made a big mistake. He is a good referee and a good guy, he is young, he has years and years of football ahead of him but it is a big mistake.”
As a result, he was charged with misconduct the following day before the Independent Regulatory Commission decided earlier today that his comments did indeed violate specific rules of the FA. The FA then went on to release a statement to confirm the £25,000 fine.
“The Chelsea manager denied that comments he made after the game against Southampton on 28 December 2014 constituted improper conduct in that they alleged and/or implied bias on the part of a referee or referees, and/or brought the game into disrepute,” wrote the statement.
“The Independent Regulatory Commission found the comments were a breach of FA Rule E3 in that they were improper and brought the game into disrepute. The Commission did not, however, find that the comments implied bias on the part of a referee or referees,” they added.
“Mr Mourinho, who had requested a non-personal hearing, was also warned as to his future conduct.”
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