MOURINHO AND WENGER AGAINST RUSSIAN WORLD CUP BOYCOTT

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has said that a boycott of Russia 2018 would end up harming the wrong people.

"Who is more important? The billions of people in love with the game around the world, or a few thousand that go to football stadia and have a disgraceful behaviour in relation to the black players. If I was a black player, I would say the other billions are much more important." added Mourinho, whose side play Toure's City in the Premier League on Sunday.

"Let's fight the thousands but give to the billions what they want: the best football. Football without black players is not the best football."

Meanwhile Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said it was too soon to be discussing a boycott.
"It's a bit early because it's not proven what happened," said Wenger.

And Manchester United boss David Moyes said walking off the pitch in response to racist abuse, which has been suggested as one way of confronting the problem, was not a good solution. "That gives the people chanting or shouting against you what they want," he said. "That is not the way. Sanctions have to be taken on the club, the players and other supporters who are involved.
That is the best way to get the message through."