Mourinho tells Wenger 'get a calculator' and mocks Pellegrini

Chelsea boss begins pre-season mind games with attacks on Arsenal's transfers and Man City boss's 'obsession'

Jose Mourinho
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Jose Mourinho has signalled the start of hostilities ahead of the new football season, with a brace of warning shots across the bows of two of his main rivals in this year's title race.

In an interview with several national newspapers in Montreal, Canada, where Chelsea are on tour, the Portuguese manager was back to his prickly best, taking issue with Arsene Wenger's complaints over transfer spending and responding to criticism from Man City boss Manuel Pellegrini.

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