'You can't buy class': Mourinho slams City over documentary

Jose Mourinho accused Manchester City of lacking class in a scathing response to his own appearances in a documentary series about the Premier League champions.

The eight-part series, 'All or Nothing' was released by streaming service Amazon last week amid much fanfare.

The fly-on-the-wall episodes focus on Pep Guardiola's magnificent efforts in winning last season's English title, with the producers boasting of their unprecedented access to the champions over the season.

But the Manchester United manager was surprised, and clearly angered, by the number of times he appears, or is the subject of comments, in the series.

"I haven't seen it but I know a few things about the movie," Mourinho told reporters ahead of Sunday's clash at Brighton.

"You don't need to be disrespectful to have a fantastic movie.

"My reaction is if you are a rich club you can buy top players, you cannot buy class. That is my first reaction.

"The second reaction is because I am in the movie I could ask for some royalties.

"But if they send me one of the shirts they had in the tunnel when we played there, the shirts that were saying 'We did it on derby day.' If they send me one of these shirts, I give up about the royalties."
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The footage features the Old Trafford derby, won impressively by City in December, and has the narrator, Oscar-winning actor Ben Kingsley commenting: "It is Guardiola versus Mourinho once more. Possession versus defence; attacking football versus park-the-bus."
Asked whether that clip, in particular, had annoyed him, Mourinho joked: "You know, a movie without me doesn't sell much. I needed to be there."