Arsène Wenger ‘refused’ to let Jose Mourinho sit next to him at Uefa coaching conference.

Hostilities between Arsène Wenger and Jose Mourinho look set to continue after the Arsenal manager refused to let his Manchester United counterpart sit next to him at a Uefa coaching conference.

The pair attended the meeting in Nyon with several other top European coaches on the recent transfer deadline day, which began with a speech by Sir Alex Ferguson.

According to Marca, Mourinho arrived slightly late and was the last to enter the busy room where Ferguson was speaking.

When he spotted a free seat next to Wenger, opposite Unai Emery, the Paris Saint-Germain manager, and Zinedine Zidane, the Real Madrid head coach, he asked whether he could occupy it.

Wenger is said to have then deadpanned: “No, it isn’t possible,” provoking laughs from the other coaches in the room.

The incident is the latest in the pair’s long-standing spat, which dates back to Mourinho’s first spell in English football at Chelsea.

Mourinho and Wenger have had a long term feud between each other with Mourinho labeling Wenger a ‘specialist in failure’after Wenger criticized his style of play and in October 2014, Wenger shoved Mourinho during a high-tempered contest at Stamford Bridge.

More photos from the conference