Danny Rose Confronts José Mourinho Over Tottenham Playing Time

Morning.

Morning.

Gaffer, I, um, I just, just want to know what,

what the problem is.

What do you mean by?

Well, you, you, you know exactly what I mean, how,

how I'm being treated.

You know, I was, I was very excited when you came as manager,

but if you don't want me to play, I'd rather you just tell me now,

and I'll stay at

home, gaffer, and I'll train at home.

No, but let me try to be as open as I can with

you because I think you deserve that.

When I arrive,

you played some matches,

you were on the bench other matches, I didn't select you other matches.

And

I think also this is not what a player wants because a player wants to feel

the trust, bam, bam, bam. But was not also a

gun, and you don't play anymore. The week before Liverpool,

you were fantastic in training. You were fantastic.

And that made me decide

that probably the most difficult game against the

most difficult opponents, you played.

I think you didn't play well. Then the next game against

Middlesbrough, Tanganga played so well, and he's

so strong defensively, and doesn't make any kind of mistakes

because he's so fast and so powerful.

I cannot say are you going to be a first choice, are you going

to play, uh, every match. Depends on you.

Okay. I, I respect what you're saying about I

didn't play well against

Liverpool, which is true.

But I play once every four weeks. Do you want me to be man of the

match and you want me to be- give my, my best performance

when I play one game and

then I don't play again, a game for three or four weeks?

The defense has kept two clean sheets. They play every game.

It's not fair.

So do you want me to play seven game-

No, no, it's okay. No, you're the manager.

Okay.

But you're saying to me I was shit against Liverpool.

I respect-

No, no, no, not shit.

Okay. I wasn't good. It wasn't my best game.

Yeah, you are right, and I respect what you say.

But other people have been shit in training, shit in

games, but play every game and in the squad every game.

It's not fair.

It's your perspective.

It's not fa... It's facts. The whole changing room know it's facts.

It's not fair.

And Daniel, I'm going to see Daniel as well.

So when Daniel's in, tell him I'm-

I think, I think you-

I'm looking. I'm looking for him.

I think you are, you are honest guy.

Yeah, I am. But that's the problem.

I think you should.

Yeah, I will. Yeah.

Open your heart for everyone.

Yeah.

If I have an issue or a problem or happy about something, you know,

I'm an adult. I have to, you know, be able to

have an honest debate or conversation with somebody,

and he is a very straight talker and, as am I.

And obviously I, I do want to play every weekend possible,

but at

the same time I know

football doesn't work like that. He's the manager,

obviously I have to respect him

because only 11 people can play, and

if a squad's being assembled to have two very good players in

each position,

then you have to realize you can't play every game.

So I think it's just something you've got to come to terms with once you maybe get,

get close to your thirties.