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Odogwu, two others to decide Mourinho’s fate over swearing row

Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho’s is dangling between an FA three-man panel which includes a Nigerian-born, Ifeanyi Odogwu, a Barrister specalised in Civil liberties and sports law.

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Mourinho’s swearing row on Wednesday deepened after the FA appealed against their landmark defeat over what the Manchester United manager said down the camera – with the exact wording central to the explosive written report released today.

The Manchester United manager was charged with using ‘abusive, insulting or improper language’ in Portuguese after last month’s dramatic victory over Newcastle United but that was found ‘not proven’ by an independent commission.

The 55-year-old avoided a touchline ban and the FA, who were surprised by the verdict, decided to contest the decision after seeing the written findings which were released on Wednesday.

In an exhaustive report to outline its findings, the commission confirmed that the FA had hired a Portuguese lip-reader, Pedro Xavier, to interpret what Mourinho said into a television camera as he left the pitch – notably ‘fodas filhos de puta’ which means ‘f**k off sons of b*****s’.

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Mourinho accepted the interpretation but used a lip-reader of his own, Simao Valente, to successfully argue that the context of his comments were closer to ‘f**k yeah’ after winning a key game in dramatic circumstances. The commission accepted this argument.

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