By Victor Kanayo
Few days after incurring four-game ban, AS Roma Manager, José Mourinho, has resigned as a member of the UEFA Football Board.
UEFA had pronounced ban on the Portuguese tactician after it confirmed he reigned abusive words on referee Anthony Taylor.
Mourinho will serve the ban in next season’s Europa League group stage after being found guilty of “directing abusive language at a match official,” UEFA said in a statement announcing its disciplinary panel’s verdict.
UEFA Football Board is an advisory board made of former players and elite coaches.
Mourinho who communicated his decision to UEFA director and Chief of Football Zvonimir Boban, via a letter wrote, Dear Mr. Boban, In thanking you for the invitation you extended to me to be a member of the UEFA Football Board, I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will be renouncing to my participation in this group.
“The conditions which I so strongly believed in when I joined are no longer standing and I felt the obligation to take this decision.
“I kindly ask that you also communicate my decision to the President Mr. Aleksander Čeferin.”
Aside banning Mourinho, UEFA heaped €50,000 ($55,000) fine on Roma and will block the club from selling tickets for their next away game in the Europa League.
