Jose Mourinho accuses referee of being 'too fat' to officiate

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was so exasperated with the officiating of Phil Dowd that he allegedly screamed: ‘You’re too fat to referee.’

The Blues boss, according to the Mirror, is said to have launched the astonishing attack against the 51-year-old following defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on New Year’s Day.

“You’re too fat to referee, you should retire,’ Mourinho is said to have shouted. ‘You’ve cost us.’

Dowd opted not to award Chelsea a penalty for handball when they were leading early on, an event which Mourinho felt changed the game.

The pair are said to have made up after the event, which saw Mourinho allow his emotions to run away with him in the tunnel.

But he went on afterwards, claiming Dowd was ‘too slow’ in the post-match press conference.