The offensive Spanish phrase which Mikel Arteta is accused of using towards

• Arteta was accused of using an offensive Spanish phrase towards Conceicao 
• The Arsenal boss has denied insulting Porto manager Conceicao or his family 
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Mikel Arteta has been accused of using an offensive Spanish phrase which Porto manager Sergio Conceicao interpreted as a reference to his late mother during Arsenal‘s fractious Champions League victory last night. 

The Portuguese coach appeared to clash with Arteta immediately after the penalty shootout at the Emirates Stadium and shortly afterwards told a press conference that ‘he insulted my family.’

Arteta has denied insulting Conceicao or his family, but a source close to Conceicao has told Mail Sport that the Spaniard used the phrase ‘Concha de tu madre.’ 

The literal translation in English is ‘your mother’s shell’ but in Spanish-speaking countries it is widely understood to be an insulting reference to the female vagina. The source also claimed that Arteta’s outburst was clearly heard by Conceicao’s coaching staff and the Porto substitutes on the bench.

Arsenal have provided strong support for Arteta and questioned whether there is any evidence of him using any insulting language. 

Conceicao has a history of making allegations against opposing managers in the aftermath of Porto defeats, having previously clashed with Thomas Tuchel and Pep Guardiola following Champions League games against Chelsea and Manchester City in 2021 and 2020 respectively.

In an interview with Portuguese television after the game Conceicao elaborated on Arteta’s alleged insult. ‘During the game he turned to the bench in Spanish’ Conceicao said. 

‘He insulted my family and in the end I told him “be careful”, because whoever he insulted is no longer with us. He should worry about training his team more and better because he has a lot of individual quality to do so.’

Conceicao’s parents both died when he was a teenager, with his father killed in a motorbike crash the day after he signed his first contract as a player at the age of 16. His mother passed away two years later following long-term health problems that left her confined to a wheelchair for long periods.

As one of eight siblings Conceicao and his family grew up in difficult financial circumstances before he established himself as a top-class winger with Porto, Lazio and Inter Milan, and…