Mourinho ready to apologise, if Wenger does

JOSE MOURINHO has offered to end his war of words with Arsene Wenger with an apology for calling him a "voyeur", but only if the Arsenal boss also apologises for months of perceived criticism of Chelsea.

Mourinho stressed he had meant no malicious personal attack on Wenger, a point which was also made in a direct phone call at boardroom level.

The Chelsea boss moved yesterday to draw a line under the unseemly spat in accepting that both managers had problems with their teams to worry about instead, while stressing his respect for Wenger.