adminLONDON. – English Premier League soccer managers have been told to sort themselves out and stop behaving like children. Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho dragged the game through the mud again on Sunday at Wembley with the latest spat in their long-running feud.
And now football bosses have had enough, warning them that they face heavy punishment from a new code of conduct that will come into effect immediately.
It comes as a direct result of the Arsenal manager’s bust-up with arch rival Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge last October when he got off scot-free, despite pushing the Chelsea boss on the touchline.
The Special One famously claimed he would have been given a stadium ban had he done the same thing to the Frenchman.
The Football Association spelled out strict new guidelines for the technical area to Premier League bosses present at their annual meeting in London.
And it is also understood that the League Managers’ Association has reminded bosses about respect and standards of behaviour.
The other incident which brought about the new code of conduct was former Leicester boss Nigel Pearson appearing to throttle Crystal Palace midfielder James McArthur on the touchline in February.
Pearson escaped with a warning but no punishment.
Mirror Sport understands the new code of conduct has two levels of punishment.
The first is a warning from the referee for actions such as waving an imaginary yellow card or performing a sarcastic hand-clap.
A more serious breach – for being aggressive towards officials or rival managers, or kicking water bottles – will result in a heavy fine or stadium ban.
Then-Newcastle boss Alan Pardew was given a seven-game touchline ban for head butting Hull midfielder David Meyler during a game in March 2014. – The Mirror.
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