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Jose Mourinho has denied reports of a training-ground argument with defender Danny Rose after the left-back was omitted from the Premier League squad that drew 0-0 at Watford on Saturday.
Academy graduate Japhet Tanganga played instead, and Mourinho told reporters Rose, 29, had been battling a back injury. Simon Jones of the Daily Mail wrote Rose questioned his boss on Friday after receiving the team news, but a more tense exchange was said to have occurred in Sunday's warm-down session.
Mourinho spoke at a press conference ahead of Wednesday's Premier League match at home to Norwich City: "It was a bit of surprise that he was ready to train [on Friday].