Jose refuses to talk at press conference

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho turned up at a press conference yesterday on the eve of his side's league clash against arch-rivals Barcelona but refused to speak, leaving it up to assistant coach Aitor Karanka to field reporters' questions

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho turned up at a press conference yesterday on the eve of his side's league clash against arch-rivals Barcelona but refused to speak, leaving it up to assistant coach Aitor Karanka to field reporters' questions.


Jose Mourinho

"Jose Mourinho will not answer any question," a club spokesman said at the start of the news conference, causing many journalists to abandon Real's press centre in protest.

Karanka, 37, was left to justify the Portuguese coach's decision to remain mute. "Every time he speaks, everything he says gets magnified, he does not want his words to be magnified," he said as a stony-faced Mourinho sat beside him.

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