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Mourinho reignites Wenger feud with 'dream job' jibe

Jose Mourinho has taken a fresh swipe at Arsene Wenger by claiming the Arsenal board's patience with the Frenchman's lack of trophies is the envy of managers worldwide.

The Chelsea manager implied Wenger is lucky to still be in a "dream job" after a lean period of success at Arsenal.

Wenger has won just a single trophy in the past nine years - last season's FA Cup - and Mourinho believes the Arsenal boss should be delivering more silverware.

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"I do not understand why they [Arsenal] are not where we are with Man City," Mourinho said during an appearance on Sky Sports' Goals on Sunday programme.

"He has a dream job. I think every manager in the world would like to have the stability he has. Year after year after year, he has the chance to buy, to sell, to rebuild, to wait for success and wait and wait."

The bad blood between the pair dates back to Mourinho's first spell in charge at Stamford Bridge, when he labelled Wenger a "voyeur" in 2005 for comments made about his Chelsea side.

After a period of detente while Mourinho enjoyed spells at Inter Milan and Real Madrid, Mourinho reopened the wounds by describing Wenger as a "specialist in failure" just over a year ago.

The hostilities between the two managers came to a head earlier this season at Stamford Bridge, when Wenger shoved Mourinho during Chelsea's 2-0 win over Arsenal in October.

Mourinho went on to concede on Sunday that Wenger deserved respect for his earlier successes, having won three league titles and four FA Cups between 1997 and 2005, but maintained the Frenchman should still be challenging for trophies.

"What he did with the club in a certain period gave him that credibility, that he deserves because he is a fantastic manager but he also had a fantastic situation to be successful.

"When I look at the players and I look at the squad, I really think they have to win.

"I like that team very much, they have very good players. Alexis [Sanchez] and [Danny] Welbeck are important players to add to an already very good squad."

Jose Mourinho was shoved on the touchline by Arsene Wenger in October last year © Getty Images

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