Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho has refused to comment on Eric Dier’s 4 match ban from the Football Association (FA).
Spurs defender Dier has been sanctioned following the incident jumped into the stands and confronted a supporter after the FA Cup to Norwich City loss on Wednesday.
“No reaction. I prefer no reaction [to Eric Dier’s 4 match ban]. I’m not going to answer, if I answer I am going to be in trouble and I don’t want to be. So I have no comments about that.” Mourinho said.
“My feeling is that in the majority of the cases, football is not protected by the people that are powerful. Powerful people, they don’t belong to the tribe.
“And they don’t have the feelings. They don’t have the know-how and it’s very, very difficult to lead something when you don’t have a clue about the world that you are leading.” Mourinho added.
Mourinho believes that greater involvement by fans in how the club works is the most important part and there must be common respect for each other.
“The beauty of football is the fans. I want them back as soon as possible. Even that specific fan, especially because the fan had the opportunity to apologise to the player, to understand that we are very well paid but we are not robots. We have families and friends that support us in the stadiums.” Mourinho said.
“It was a good opportunity for that fan to turn his profile and become a different fan. It was his own decision to do it, because the person in this case, first of all, is a Tottenham fan and was sorry about what happened.
“The way I was told, he had the dignity to want to apologise to him. It was a nice thing that, in normal circumstances, especially after saying that he never felt under threat at any moment of the situation, would be enough for a fair decision.” Mourinho added.
