The new Barcelona coach was involved in a physical altercation with the Special One last year but revealed that he has no problem with the outspoken Portuguese.
Institutional relationship between Real Madrid and Barcelona reached a new low with Sandro Rosell hatching up controversy theories about their rivals La Liga title triumph.
Remarks by the Catalan club’s supremo follow the heated debate over Spanish Football Federation’s president, Angel Maria Villar, pardoning Mourinho for eye poking Tito Vilanova in the second leg of Spanish Super Cup at the Camp Nou.
While, Spanish sporting circles are rife with heated comments from both sides, Vilanova came out in the open to talk about his relationship with Mourinho. The former Barcelona B assistant manager revealed that he does not have a bad relationship with Real
Madrid chief and put the topic to bed.
Guardiola’s successor was in no mood to talk about last year’s incident, claiming that he accepts the decision to pardon Mourinho as a professional and have no qualms with the actions of RFEF president.
"I do not think that I have a bad relationship with Mourinho," Vilanova stated at a press conference.
"It's tiring that after a year we are still talking about this [last year's eye-poking incident]. I accept the decision [to pardon Mourinho] like a professional."
Vilanova took out time to talk about http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604’s transfer policy for the coming campaign, ruling out hunt for a new attacker as they already boast off a quality front line which is hard to improve on.
However, he admitted that Barcelona are eyeing Javi http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468 for a potential transfer bid as he fulfils all the requirements they ask of a new addition.
Vilanova pointed towards the Spanish international’s ability as a centre-back, while also being comfortable at playing as a midfield pivot like the departed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Seydou-Keita-c33177.
"We aren't looking for a new striker because we don't need one. We already have plenty of good options," he enthused.
"If we find a player that can play in both the centre-back and pivot role, then fantastic. If not, we'll find a player in the reserve team. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javi-Martínez-c18021 is the type of player we are looking for, like a lot of others, but we can't talk about specific players.’
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