Jose Mourinho broke his self-imposed media ban to suggest the football world already knows why he is unhappy.
The Chelsea boss refused to speak before and in the wake of his club's 1-1 draw with Manchester City last week. It followed a three-match ban for Diego Costa for stamping during the Blues' fiery Capital One Cup semi-final against Liverpool.
It also followed a £25,000 fine Mourinho received from the FA for comments implying there is a "campaign" to influence referees' decisions against his team.
In a terse press conference this afternoon, Mourinho admitted he had only turned up because he didn't want to be punished by the Premier League.
He said: "Speak to you? You know why I'm here, so you cannot expect that I'm super happy to be here.”
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He also suggested it was clear to everyone why he felt aggrieved. Speaking ahead of tomorrow's game against Aston Villa, he said: "If you want, you can make a silence very noisy.
"It depends what you want to do. You could. You could. You could make noise with my silence, because you know the reason for my silence.
"It depends on you. If I was a journalist, from silence I could make lots of words.”
Asked whether his anger had stemmed from Costa's ban, he added: "Not just that."
And asked to reflect on the striker's suspension, Mourinho went on: "“I don't reflect, because maybe I'll be punished if I reflect. Maybe they can read my reflection, and I don't want that.”
Pushed further on whether he expected a punishment for not turning up before and after last weekend's City he once again hinted at double standards from the FA after he was pushed by Arsene Wenger.
The Arsenal boss escaped punishment for the incident, during Chelsea's 2-0 win over the Gunners, back in October.
Mourinho, who has complained about the lack of action taken against the Frenchman before, said once again: “You know, the only surprise I had in relation for that was not to be punished when I was pushed by another manager. Apart from that, I can expect everything."
The Blues boss also the club's £26.8m, Deadline Day signing Juan Cuadrado could appear in tomorrow's game against Villa despite not training all week.
He said: "I'm going to repeat the words I said three weeks ago, so many now people can understand. I said: 'He fits into the Fiorentina and Colombia teams'. At this moment, he fits in Colombia and Chelsea teams.”
"He trained just two days. I cannot say much. The business went almost to the last minute on Monday, he had to go to Paris for visas and the legal situation on the Tuesday. He only trained here a couple of days. "
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