Brady labels Mourinho and Benitez as moaners

West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has used her Saturday column in the Sun newspaper to label  Jose Mourinho and Rafa Benitez two of the biggest moaners in the Premier League while she defends Newcastle owner Mike Ashley.

Brady writes: “The affection for “Rafa” is as strong as for any manager in the country.

Feelings for owner Mike Ashley are close to unprintable, though it is hard to understand why?

The man has invested £250million into the club for goodness’ sake and still most Magpie fans regard him as an outsider, a Home Counties product with no interest in their club other than to sell it at a profit (he wishes I’m sure!).

Former boss and Toon hero Kevin Keegan goes further. He says Ashley has created an “empire of harm” but, hey, sometimes when you lose your job, you can be bitter. Like Mourinho, Benitez is a bit of a moaner. He grumbled consistently that Liverpool’s Tom Hicks/George Gillett ownership was mean with transfer cash, a practice he has loud-hailed in the North East.

I find it easier to sympathise with Benitez than with Mourinho — one of the few truly visionary managers, sharp and smart, with a way of bringing instant success and then seeming to chuck it away. He has always been a favourite of mine, a human factory of ideas and opinions, and apparently a perfect fit for United with their money and fame. But the Special One is now The Grumpy One.”