Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho set to spark war of words with Pep Guardiola after claiming Manchester City wealth ‘cannot buy class’

Jose Mourinho has said Manchester City might be a rich club that signs the best players but they "cannot buy class".

The Manchester United boss was responding to a question about City's Amazon Prime documentary, which aired this week.

"I think you can have a fantastic movie, respecting others," he told Sky Sports.

"You don't need to be disrespectful to have a fantastic movie. You can be a rich club and buy all the best players in the world but you cannot buy class."

City could have secured the title with victory at the Etihad Stadium on April 7, but United put the party on hold after recovering from 2-0 down to win 3-2.

Mourinho also joked he should claim "royalties" from his appearances in the documentary.

"The second reaction is because I am in the movie I could ask for some royalties. But if they send me one of the shirts they had in the tunnel when we played there, the shirts that were saying 'we did it on derby day.' If they send me one of these shirts, I give up about the royalties," the United boss said, quoted in several national newspapers.

Amazon's eight-part documentary of City's title-winning season lifts the lid on life in Pep Guardiola's dressing room.

The fly-on-the-wall documentary 'All or Nothing: Manchester City' gives a fascinating insight into the 2017-18 campaign.

An animated Guardiola is seen telling his players to "hate me" after drawing at Crystal Palace while his half-time team talk during the Carabao Cup final at Wembley is passionate.

Snippets of a touchline row with then Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger during that game are also shown, as is some footage of the tunnel fracas during City's shock FA Cup loss to Wigan.

Fabian Delph is also seen slamming the dressing room door after his sending off in the 1-0 fifth-round defeat at the DW Stadium.

However, Mourinho is clearly not a fan of the show and his comments will not go down well in the blue half of Manchester.

City host Huddersfield on Sunday, with United facing Brighton on the south coast later in the day.

Additional reporting by the Press Association