Jose Mourinho has reacted angrily to Everton’s public pursuit of Memphis Depay.
Ronald Koeman confirmed the Blues’ interest in signing the out-of-favour Manchester United winger last weekend and reiterated it earlier this week.
The Everton manager had previously tried to sign Depay during his time in charge at Southampton, prior to the Holland international moving to Old Trafford.
Although the 22-year-old has refused to rule out joining Everton in January, Mourinho is unimpressed by Goodison Park’s courtship of the player.
He said: “I think that my normal answer, if somebody asks me about a player from another team, my normal [answer] is ‘the player is not my player.
“The player belongs to another team, the player belongs to another manager – no comments at all’.
“I think that is the ethical [answer] and when we are always worried about ethics and respect, and rules, I just said that if it was me making that kind of comment about an Everton player, I would be in trouble.”