Mourinho in court threat over Frisk

JOSE MOURINHO says he will take legal action against European referees’ chief Volker Roth unless a claim the Chelsea manager is “an enemy of football” is retracted.

Roth spoke out in the wake of Swedish referee Anders Frisk’s decision to retire after a series of threats made against himself and his family. Roth is chairman of UEFA’s referees committee and directed his criticism not only towards Mourinho but to all managers who make inflammatory remarks.

“With regards to the declarations from Mr Roth, there’s two ways out: he apologises or it goes to court,” said Mourinho, in a statement.