Chelsea manager Antonio Conte insists Jose Mourinho is a "fake" after his double standards with former Blues boss Claudio Ranieri.
The Portuguese struck a nerve by bringing up the match fixing scandal that rocked Italy in 2011, though Conte was cleared of any wrongdoing.
The Italian has hit back, claiming Mourinho has double standards and is "fake" for insulting Ranieri for his poor English, but then wearing his initials on his jacket when Leicester fired him.
The pair resume their head to head rivalry on February 25 at Old Trafford in the Premier League - but here is the full transcript of one of the most astonishing rants of the season:
Full transcript
"I think when there are these types of comments, before (making them) you have to know very well the truth. The truth is that I was banned for four months from (by the) sporting justice, for failure to report. Then I asked a real trial by court and then they declared my innocence.
"I think before you make this type of comment, before to hurt another person, you must pay great attention. You show you are a little man. A little man. You don't know very well which is the situation. But I know him very well in the past. In the past he was a little man in many circumstances, is a little man in the present and for sure he will be a little man in the future.
"Also if he wants to try to change his behaviours. But the person's this, Mourinho's this. You know him very well. The level is very low. I repeat: I think before to speak you have to know very well what happened.
"This is not my problem. I consider him a little man, I consider him a man with a very low profile. There is a story to speak for him and for me. You can change the story. But you have to know the story very well before hurting another person. In the last period he's suffering a bit of amnesia.
"We are there, amnesia. When you become to be older, there is this type of risk. Also for me, and for you. For all. The problem is if you show this. He must pay great attention. He's doing this with regularity.
"I remember, for example, a stupid example with Ranieri. When he offend Ranieri for his English. Then when Ranieri was sacked he put on a shirt (with initials on) for Ranieri. You are a fake.
"I think you have good consideration for a person or not. It doesn't change your opinion to be more sympathetic. If you want to fight a person, you try to kill this person. And then after two years you try to help this person, because maybe it's good for you, for your profile.
"The situation is very clear. I don't have anything to clarify. It will be the opportunity in the game against United when we go to Old Trafford. Me and him face to face. I'm ready. I don't know if he's ready."