Nor has mince words. Anthony Cassano He always says what he thinks. “I explain things to you and I don’t let myself be influenced by names because I’ve never been an asslicker”, he says in a interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport. A conversation in which he refers to some of the main coaches in Serie A, including MourinhoRoma coach.
I don’t let myself be influenced by names because I’ve never been an asslicker
Cassano does not agree with the Portuguese coach’s conception of football. Neither with the Allegri. And it was very hard on both of them. “Mourinho must understand that as long as his teams play so badly, he will always find at least one person to tell him so: me. How much have you earned? I do not care. The same thing happens to him as to Allegri. With the strong players they have they play obscene football. Do you have trophies in your showcase? And? If their teams play like shit… I say it and I don’t hide.”he assured in the Italian newspaper.
Mourinho must understand that as long as his teams play so badly, he will always find at least one person to tell him so: me.
Cassano continues his crusade against Mourinho: “You can’t even reach the sole of Guardiola’s shoe”
The former player is also asked about the quality of Mourinho’s players. The coach has assured on occasion that the squad is not up to the task. “It’s his favorite excuse to blame others. Some newspaper editors and some television pundits pass him this lie. But Rome has the third highest budget in Italy after Inter and Juve. The strongest player on the market was Dybala and he took it. And then Matic and Wijnaldum, all their requests”, begins Cassano.
“Roma is full of internationals. SHe hides behind alibis and never talks about football, he always diverts the subject. There is a huge gap between the Lazio and Roma squads: only Sarri makes the team play in an extraordinary way and he is second, instead he plays another football and is behind”, they continue in the Gazzetta dello Sport.
The difference between me and the others is that if you suck, I tell you…
“Making so many enemies doesn’t scare you?“, asks the journalist. “I do not judge anyone on a personal level, I dare notI don’t know the lives of others, I only analyze football aspects. The difference between me and the others is that if you suck, I tell you…”, replies Cassano.
Mourinho and Allegri will never be even remotely related to Guardiola
A ‘in love’ with Pep
Regarding the team he likes the most in Europe, he said: “I start from a premise: The best team for me will always be the one that fields Lionel Messi out of ten, the strongest player in the world. Excluding Messi, the most beautiful and constantly evolving football is that of Pep Guardiola, a genius. This year he has invented Stones, a defensive midfielder. Mourinho and Allegri will never be remotely related to Guardiola. But saying Pep is almost a fact, among the technicians I also like them NagelsmannTuchel impressed me last year and among the Italians De Zerbi. I love football, I watch it, I study it.”
Butragueño approached me and said: ‘Take care Antonio, dress well tomorrow.’ I presented myself with a fur coat, two watches, four rings, three necklaces, two bracelets, two earrings…
The outfit of his first day at Real Madrid
Cassano also recalled the moment of his presentation as a Real Madrid player, an act to which he arrived looking too daring, wearing a jacket that remained to be remembered. “They stole it from me. I remember that the day before the presentation with Real Madrid, Butragueño approached me and said: ‘Take care Antonio, dress well tomorrow.’ I presented myself with a fur coat, two watches, four rings, three necklaces, two bracelets, two earrings… Emilio went white after seeing me. He looked like he came from the Third World. But to go to Madrid like this you had to have balls. Or maybe, now that I have a wife and children, I was a bit of an asshole…”.
