England manager Gareth Southgate has taken a swipe at Jose Mourinho after his less than subtle request for Tottenham stars like Harry Kane to be rested during the international break.
Spurs have had a hectic fortnight with the club forced to play five games across three different competitions and their latest result on Thursday ended in a 7-2 win over Maccabi Haifa in a Europa League play-off.
Kane incidentally scored a hat-trick in that game on the same day he was unsurprisingly named in Southgate's latest England squad.
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Mourinho had previously called on international managers to take his players' busy schedule into account - something Southgate is fully aware of and believes could have been pointed out more privately rather than in press conferences.