Wenger: I won't sue Mourinho

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has withdrawn his threat of legal action against Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho.

Wenger was considering action after Mourinho labelled the Highbury chief ‘a voyeur’ during a public row a fortnight ago.

But Wenger has reconsidered his position and now insists the verbal spat is history.

He said: “I won’t be taking any action. I haven’t changed my mind about the basic problem but, having given it more thought, I’ve decided not to take it any further.

“It’s history. I want to focus on what is important for me and Arsenal,” he told the London Evening Standard.

The row rumbled on with Wenger calling Mourinho’s comments ‘out of order and detached from reality’. That prompted a further riposte from Chelsea’s Portuguese coach who claimed that his club had a dossier containing 120 pages of quotes from Wenger about the Barclays champions.

Relations between the two clubs hit rock bottom over the Ashley Cole ‘tapping-up’ scandal and descended deeper into turmoil during the public row.

The League Managers Association and the Football Association called for a halt to the slanging match and no doubt both parties will be relieved by Wenger’s decision not to sue.