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		</div><p>Jose Mourinho has rounded on the Football Association and described his £50,000 fine as “an absolute disgrace”.</p>
<p>The Chelsea boss was handed a one-match suspended stadium ban on Wednesday and hit in the pocket after accepting a misconduct charge from the FA for comments he made about the match officials after the 3-1 loss to Southampton on October 3.</p>
<p>The Portuguese will be banned from the stadium if he speaks out of turn again in the next 12 months.</p>
<p>Mourinho, speaking at Waterstones Piccadilly to promote his book MOURINHO yesterday evening, reacted to the punishment by saying: “Every word I say is a big risk for me. I am happy that I don’t have an electronic tag. I think it’s not far from (that).</p>
<p>“I also think that £50,000 in the world where we live today is an absolute disgrace. And I also think that the possibility of getting a stadium ban is also something absolutely astonishing.”</p>
<p>The Chelsea manager also again hit out at Arsene Wenger without naming the Arsenal boss.</p>
<p>Mourinho felt aggrieved Wenger went unpunished for calling referee Mike Dean “weak” and “naive” following Arsenal’s defeat to Chelsea last month.</p>
<p>Yet the Portuguese was sanctioned for his criticism of Robert Madeley, the official in the loss to Saints. Mourinho said that “referees are afraid to give decisions to Chelsea”.</p>
<p>Wenger also escaped punishment for pushing Mourinho in the Stamford Bridge technical area in October 2014, something which still grates with the Chelsea boss.</p>
<p>Mourinho, who called for the media to “go deep” in examining his fractious relationship with the FA, added: “There is something that, now, we know. One, we can push people in the technical area.</p>
<p>“The word ’afraid’ is a punishment, and a hard punishment. To say the referee was ’weak and naive’&#8230; we can do.”</p>
<p>Chelsea won the title last term, in the second season of Mourinho’s second spell, but have lost four of eight Premier League games this term, leaving the manager under pressure.</p>
<p>Chelsea issued a statement of support – the first in the 12-year Roman Abramovich era of ownership – following the Southampton loss and numerous players have backed their embattled manager during the international break, which ends when the Blues play Aston Villa on Saturday.</p>
<p>Mourinho does not anticipate being at Chelsea for the remainder of his career, though – in comments which could be interpreted as a further slight on Wenger, who this month celebrates his 19th anniversary at Arsenal.</p>
<p>The 52-year-old Mourinho, whose book chronicles in pictures his 15 years in management, said: “I’m in the middle (of my career): I did 15, I have 15 more to do. I’ll finish at 67. Maybe later if I can. Can I stay 15 more years at Chelsea Football Club? I don’t think so.</p>
<p> “I don’t think modern football allows it any more, so normally I will not finish my career at Chelsea. I would like to, but I don’t think it’s possible.”</p>
<p>In a separate interview with talkSPORT, Mourinho spoke about claims he has issues controlling Chelsea’s dressing room.<br />
He said: “It’s sad but I don’t care really, I don’t care. I spoke with the players about it and the players are also sad about it, but there is no way to care.”</p>
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