MILAN: Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho has admitted he verbally abused a journalist after Sunday's 1-1 draw with Atalanta but denied t there was physical contact.

League officials and Inter president Massimo Moratti are probing the incident outside the team bus after Italy's sports journalists' union complained.

"It's true I insulted one of your colleagues with a word I cannot repeat that was offensive. But it is not true that there was aggressive intent or physical contact," Mourinho told a news conference on Tuesday.