Jose Mourinho 'not comfortable' with Tottenham trio working with Arsenal coach on Wales duty

ByEurosport

Updated 06/11/2020 at 14:13 GMT

Ahead of Wales' three matches during the international break, Jose Mourinho has voiced his displeasure at allowing three of his players to work with an Arsenal coach on national team duty due to the absence of Ryan Giggs. Gareth Bale, Ben Davies and Joe Rodon will work with Arsenal coach Albert Stuivenburg.

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Jose Mourinho is unhappy at sending his three Tottenham players, Gareth Bale, Ben Davies and Joe Rodon, to work with Arsenal coach Albert Stuivenburg on national team duty.

Stuivenburg is an assistant to Mikel Arteta at Arsenal and has been on Ryan Giggs' coaching staff at Wales since 2018.

But with Giggs absent from Wales' upcoming triple-header against USA, Republic of Ireland and Finland because of the former Manchester United winger's arrest on suspicion of assault, Stuivenburg will lead the team.

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The Portuguese manager is not pleased to see his three players be coached by a staff member of a fierce rival.

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"It's not Giggs responsible for these matches and I'm sorry about that," said the Tottenham boss.

"For the previous fixtures he called me, we spoke about Ben Davies – not Gareth because Gareth was not there – and we shared opinions on the situation, which is probably not going to happen this time.