Diego Torres has already revealed in his book 'Prepare to Lose' that an embattled Mourinho complained that there was 'a rat' or 'a mole' in the Madrid dressing room.
Jerzy Dudek has a book out (you don't need me to tell you that. It's the publishing event of the year) and coloured in more details about this unhappy period.
Mourinho was enraged that a local journalist appeared to know Madrid's team and tactical plans ahead of a game against Barcelona in 2011.
He went into the dressing room and unloaded on the team. Here is Dudek's surprisingly good recollection of the conversation.
I see your relations with media are quite good. I know we have to get along with them but I didn’t think you were getting along that well. I heard from them that you do not want the meetings before the games, that we practice set-pieces wrong way and our tactical trainings are not good enough. I turn on my TV 4 hours before the game and what the fuck do I see? That the journo is giving away our squad.
How could we ever surprise them if one of you is a rat!!! Yes, yes a rat! Somebody released the info about the starting XI before the game. They knew everything about us. We trained all week. We wanted to surprise them.
Dudek recounts how Mourinho was tearful and deeply emotional at this point.
He then made an oblique allegation against Estaban Granero.
'Where is this rat? Who is it? Who could it be? Maybe you…'
He pointed at Esteban Granero, who was born in Madrid. He explained:
'It may be somebody who plays here for a long time.'
He proceeded to point at a few more players and pour his heart some more.
How can you destroy what we’ve been working for for all week? You screwed me over. But you screwed themselves too. Your families and friends. I will get to the fucking source.
Mourinho smashed his guitar and walked out. Well, actually, he slammed a water bottle against the wall and left.
Granero was the only player that Dudek name-checks here but this can't be treated as an allegation against the player.
H-T: 101gg
