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Jose Mourinho posts savage 'overweight' response to Allan Saint-Maximin after axing ex-Newcastle winger from Fenerbahce squad for Rangers clash

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<p>The Turkish giants will be back in Europa League action on Thursday when taking in the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/video-sleepy-one-jose-mourinho-dozes-off-journalist-long-question-fenerbahce-europa-league-defeat-rangers/bltcb9addb8d9414420" target="_blank">second leg of a last-16 encounter with Scottish opposition that they currently trail 3-1 on aggregate</a>. Mourinho announced his squad for that trip to Ibrox on Wednesday, with Saint-Maximin being overlooked.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>The former Newcastle winger, who is on loan at Fener from Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/allan-saint-maximin-cryptic-message-dumped-jose-mourinho-fenerbahce-squad-on-birthday-europa-league-rangers/blt0020d130271d88c5" target="_blank">posted on social media after learning that he had been dropped on his 28th birthday</a>: “It will take more than this to defeat me. When a lie takes the elevator, the truth takes the stairs. It takes longer but it always arrives in the end. If God is with us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31.”</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>It did not take long for Mourinho to bite back, with the outspoken ‘Special One’ saying in an Instagram post of his own: “I didn't know Saint-Maximin was talented in poetry. I'm not bad in that regard either. When a football player works well, works hard, trains every day, he is fit and can climb the stairs. He doesn't need an elevator. However, if a player doesn't train well, arrives late, is overweight, is not ready to play, he needs an elevator to go up. Because he gets tired quickly on the stairs.”</p>

WHAT JOSE MOURINHO SAID

<p>Saint-Maximin has sought to rubbish any suggestion that he is too heavy to perform properly at present, saying alongside an image of his current weight and that from previous years: “Lies produce flowers but not fruit.”</p><picture><source srcset="https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/blte56e56c841f8c7c8/asm.jpg?format=webp" type="image/webp"><source srcset="https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/blte56e56c841f8c7c8/asm.jpg?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"><img src="https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/blte56e56c841f8c7c8/asm.jpg?format=jpg" alt="Allan Saint-Maximin weight" data-source="Instagram" data-copyright="Instagram" data-portal-copyright="Instagram" perform:prop="uuid:blte56e56c841f8c7c8;width:414;height:672"></picture>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Mourinho will be relying on others to try and <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/jose-mourinho-declares-himself-open-to-managing-celtic-or-rangers-fenerbahce-boss-talks-passion-scottish-premiership/blt3069ca21b1c04fbe" target="_blank">complete a remarkable turnaround against Rangers</a>, but he has stated that “I don’t think it’s over” and remains confident that Fenerbahce can spring a surprise in Glasgow and make their way into the quarter-finals.</p>

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Jose Mourinho has delivered a savage “overweight” response to Allan Saint-Maximin questioning his selection calls for Fenerbahce’s clash with Rangers.

Jose Mourinho posts savage &apos;overweight&apos; response to Allan Saint-Maximin after axing ex-Newcastle winger from Fenerbahce squad for Rangers clash

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