WOMEN in Football (WIF) were “appalled” yesterday by the Football Association’s decision to take no action against Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and clear him of making discriminatory comments towards then club doctor Eva Carneiro.

Sky cameras caught Mourinho saying “Son of a bitch” in Spanish as Carneiro and Jon Fearn rushed onto the field during the opening game of the season to treat a tired Eden Hazard. But it has since been alleged that the former Real Madrid boss called Carneiro a “daughter of a whore” in Portuguese.

The Chelsea boss then used his post-match press conference to openly criticise Carneiro, who left the club last week.

And the FA, after having an independent academic expert in Portuguese linguistics analyse footage of the incident, announced on Wednesday evening that it was “satisfied that the words used do not constitute discriminatory language under FA Rules.”

But WIF said they were “appalled by the conclusion of the FA investigation into Jose Mourinho’s conduct during, and following, Chelsea’s match against Swansea on August 8 2015.

“Contrary to the FA’s appointed expert’s advice, which WIF has not seen, our own language expert made it abundantly clear that the abusive words used by Mourinho on the touchline that day were specifically directed towards a woman, as indicated by the grammar of his sentence. Other Portuguese speakers we contacted in gathering evidence also emphasised this point.
“We therefore find it extraordinary that any expert or Portuguese speaker would report otherwise.

“WIF can only conclude that this latest investigation provides yet another damning example of the FA failing to tackle discrimination, specifically sexism, in the football industry. Once again we are concerned by what we can only perceive as serious flaws in the process of such investigations.”

The FA claimed: “The linguistic was a native Portuguese and has taught at the highest level universities in both Portugal and the UK with many published works on both Portuguese lexicography and lexicology and Portuguese linguistics including modern-day vernacular.”