Mourinho clashes with photographers at Madrid airport

MADRID - Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho clashed with photographers at Madrid airport as he returned from a Christmas holiday in New York, Spanish media reported.

When Mourinho and his family got off the plane late Tuesday, several photographers were waiting for them, Spanish newspaper El Mundo said in its online edition.

The Portuguese star coach was visibly angry about their presence, and asked to be left in peace, the daily said.

Mourinho has always been keen to preserve his family from the public eye, and he insisted that no photos be taken of them. Photographers, however, kept taking photos, and Mourinho even insulted them, elmundo.es reported.

Airport security personnel eventually intervened and said no photographs were in order because there were children involved, the daily said, and Mourinho got on his car and left at great speed.

The cold, snowy weather on the East Coast of the US had already delayed Mourinho’s return to Spain by 15 hours. Real Madrid started training Wednesday, after their Christmas break.