Mourinho went ballistic over 'back-stabbing Madrid rat' - Dudek

The Portuguese coach flew into a rage when he suspected a member of his Blancos squad was leaking details about his tactics to the press

Jerzy Dudek has revealed a furious Jose Mourinho accused some of his Real Madrid players of "back-stabbing" him and of being a "rat" for the Spanish press.

Mourinho, who coached at the Santiago Bernabeu between 2010 and 2013, felt that a member of his squad was passing information to the Spanish media after his plan to play centre-half Pepe in midfield against Barcelona in 2011 emerged in the press before kick-off.
It was previously rumoured the Portuguese trainer suspected club captain Iker Casillas of being the mole but former Madrid goalkeeper Dudek has claimed Mourinho accused midfielder Esteban Granero, among unnamed others, of leaking information.
"Two years ago I read that Spanish press was looking for a 'rat' in Real dressing room and it immediately took me back to the match against Barcelona in 2011 that we drew 1-1 at Santiago Bernabeu," the Pole wrote in a passage of his book obtained pre-publication by Elconfidencial.com .
"Mourinho came to the dressing room and said that the result was not bad. Indeed, as for almost the entire second half we played with 10 men after Raul Albiol’s red card.
"And then he added: '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 four hours before the game and what the f*** do I see? That the journo is giving away our squad.'
"Mourinho started shouting: 'How could we ever surprise Barca 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. We wanted to make some changes. We put Pepe in midfield to play against Lionel Messi and we talked about how Pepe knows how to deal with him.
"'He knows when to let him go so he’s not the danger for us when he has the ball and makes the difference and we start panicking. That’s why Pepe had to play in midfield, right? Right. And everything was perfect. Why could it not work out?'
"Nobody said anything. But Mourinho started shouting again: 'I always go ahead of you, in the first line, I control everything that happens. Like a general, I always go into fire for you.
"'We were about to attack them when somebody backstabbed me. One of you sticks a knife in my back before the game that is so important for us.'
"Mourinho had tears in his eyes. I had never seen him in such state, so emotional. And he still shouted: 'Where is this rat? Who is it? Who could it be? Maybe you...' and he pointed at Esteban Granero, who was born in Madrid.
"Mourinho explained: 'It may be somebody who plays here for a long time.' He pointed at three or four other guys and asked: 'How can you destroy what we’ve been working for all week?
"'You screwed me over. But you screwed yourselves, your families and your friends too. I will get to the f***ing source. Though I don’t know if it will be needed now. I am f***ing sick and tired of you.'
"'Mourinho threw a plastic bottle against the wall, slammed the door and left."