Fenerbahce says he has filed a lawsuit against Galatasaray for the “attack” to coach José Mourinho

Turkish football team Fenerbahce said Friday that he had filed a lawsuit against the rival Galatasaray for an “attack against the personal rights” of coach José Mourinho.

Galatasaray accused Mourinho of making racist comments after Monday’s Derby on Monday, saying in a statement that he had used “inhuman rhetoric unequivocally” after he referred to the opposition bank “jumping as monkeys.”

Fenerbahce rejected the accusation And he said that the comments were “deliberately taken completely out of context and distorted deceptive.” Friday went further and said he had initiated legal actions to recover around $ 52,000 in damages.

“We would like to announce to the public that a demand for moral damage of 1 million 907 thousand Liras Turcas has been filed against Galatasaray Sports Club by the lawyers of Fenerbahçe Sports Club due to the attack on the personal rights of our technical director José Mourinho,” he said in a statement.

The figure seemed to be a reference to that Fenerbahce was founded in 1907, a number that is on the club’s crest.

Galatasaray said this week that Mourinho had “persistently issued derogatory statements directed towards the Turkish people” and that he intended to initiate criminal procedures related to the “racist statements” made by the Portuguese coach.

The Türkiye Football Federation delivered Thursday Mourinho a prohibition of four games and fined 1.6 million Turkish lyre ($ 44,000) for the comments made after the Turkish referees after the Galatasaray party.

In his press conference after the match, Mourinho welcomed the decision to bring a foreign referee, Slovenian Slavko Vincic, for the game and also praised the official for a “better performance.”

Mourinho said he had gone to see the referee and thanked him after the game. When he saw the official room, a Turkish referee, Mourinho said he said: “If you are the referee … it would be a disaster.”

Mourinho He moved to Türkiye since Rome last year After periods in high profile clubs, including Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Inter Milan.

He was fined and suspended at the beginning of the season for a diatribe against the officials of the local party and the league.

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