Jose Mourinho says Rafa Benitez “destroyed” his Inter team in just six months and pointedly told the Spaniard’s wife to focus on his diet following her comments this week.

Montserrat Seara made headlines this week when the wife of the new Bernabeu boss said: "Real Madrid are the third of Jose Mourinho's old teams Rafa has coached. We tidy up his messes.”

But Mourinho was unhappy with the slight and, speaking after Chelsea’s penalty shoot-out win against Barcelona in the International Champions Cup, responded to the law professor.

"The lady is a bit confused," said Mourinho.

"Her husband went to Chelsea to replace Roberto Di Matteo and he went to Real Madrid and replaced Carlo Ancelotti.

"The only club where her husband replaced me was at Inter Milan, where in six months he destroyed the best team in Europe at the time.

"If she takes care of her husband's diet, she will not have any time to talk about me."

Mourinho won the treble win Inter in 2010 before moving to Real Madrid and Benitez replaced him, only to lose his job on December 23 of the same year after issuing an ultimatum to president Massimo Moratti.

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