José Mourinho says player who refused painkilling jab never played for him again

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·27 June 2026

"I once had a player who did not want to have a small painkilling injection for a match," said José Mourinho. He told the BeastModeOn podcast.

The Real Madrid coach, aged 63, added: "I took off my shoe and sock, put my foot in front of the doctor and asked him to inject me."

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"My toe was perfect," he said. "He called me 'crazy'."

Laughing, Mourinho concluded: "He never played for me again after that."

He did not reveal the player’s identity, and he gave no hint of the club or the period concerned.

Source: L'Équipe