Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho has been accused of making racist statement after his side's goalless draw against Galatasaray.

Galatasaray, which leveled the allegation, also vowed to initiate criminal proceedings against Mourinho who stated that the home side’s bench had been “jumping like monkeys.”

Mourinho also stated that the match would have been a disaster had it been it was officiated by a Turkish referee and not by Slovenian Slavko Vincic.

Vincic officiated the game after both clubs requested for a foreign official.

In a post on X, Galatasaray had accused Mourinho of making derogatory remarks about Turkish people since he became Fenerbahce manager.

“Today, his discourse has escalated beyond merely immoral comments into unequivocally inhumane rhetoric,” the club said.

“We hereby formally declare our intention to initiate criminal proceedings concerning the racist statements made by Jose Mourinho, and shall accordingly submit official complaints to UEFA and FIFA.”

Mourinho has previously been fined and suspended for his comments about Turkish match officials. And the Portuguese was again critical of Turkish referees in a press conference after the match.

“I went to the referees’ dressing room after the game. Of course, the fourth official was there, a Turkish referee,” Mourinho told the press conference.

“I told him (Vincic), ‘Thank you to come here because you come for a big match and you are responsible for a big match.

“And I turned myself to the fourth official and I (said) ‘this match, if you are the referee, this match would be a disaster.’

“And when I say him, I say the general tendency.”

“I have also to thank the referee because with a Turkish referee after the big dive in the first minute, their bench jumping like monkeys on the top of the kid, with a Turkish referee you would have a yellow card after one minute and after five minutes I would have to change him,” he added.