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Madrid’s Jose Mourinho has revealed why he did not attend the FIFA
Ballon d’Or gala – because he was forewarned by some of those who voted
for him as coach of the year that their votes turned up for other
candidates instead.
“Am
I sorry for not having gone to the gala? No. It was the right
decision,” Mourinho told RTP television on Tuesday in excerpts from an
interview.
“One,
two or three people called me saying they had voted for me but the vote
showed up as cast for somebody else. So, I decided not to go,” he said.
Mourinho
and former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola eventually lost out in that
category to another worthy recipient – Spain’s Vicente del Bosque at
January’s gala.
Mourinho,
who is not known for mincing words, would have stirred debates that
will cast a huge integrity question mark on the prestigious awards but
FIFA is unfazed as the world football governing body said in a
statement: “Fifa confirms that the list of votes published on Fifa.com
is accurate.”
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