Post by BladeWolf on Sept 22, 2007 13:42:59 GMT -1
Jose Mourinho wants to manage again in England - but his next coaching job will be in another European country.
The Portuguese left Chelsea by "mutual consent" on Thursday and he was quickly linked with a move to Tottenham.
"I will come back and manage here, but I don't want it as my next step - it must be another country, another experience, another football," he said.
"I'm 44 and I hope I will have many years in English football. I love English football."
The former Chelsea manager added that he was not interested in coaching the Portuguese national team.
"I don't want the Portuguese national team," said Mourinho.
"I want to make that very, very clear. I want Portugal to succeed, I want them to work calmly and I don't want Scolari to have to look behind him thinking I'm waiting.
I don't want players to threaten to leave because I have
Jose Mourinho
"Not just the Portuguese national team, I don't want to work in Portuguese football."
Mourinho, who speaks Spanish and French, wants to learn another language as he waits to decide on the next club he will manage.
"I have to choose between Italian and German," he said.
Mourinho insisted that the atmosphere at his next club would be important factor for him.
"I just hope I'm surrounded by love so I can express my personality," said the Portuguese coach.
It is unclear whether Mourinho's decision not to initially manage another English team was influenced or determined by his separation package from Chelsea.
At the unveiling of former director of football Avram Grant as Chelsea's new manager, club chairman Buck would not confirm whether there was a clause in Mourinho's severance package preventing him from coaching another Premier League club this season.
"The specific terms of the contract are confidential," said Buck. "There is nothing (in it) which I, as a corporate lawyer, would view as particularly unusual in the context of an executive of a company moving on."
However, Mourinho did say he would like to return to England in the future, admitting: "I think sometime I will return to coach in England."
The Portuguese also urged his former players and fans to get behind the new regime at Stamford Bridge.
Scores of supporters protested outside the ground following his departure, while reports suggest several players are considering their futures at the Blues.
But he said: "I don't want players to threaten to leave because I have. I don't want the fans to chant my name. I don't want demonstrations of any sort."
He added that he was "happy" about his departure, saying: "In professional terms and in personal terms I'm fine.
"I'm happy to have left and I'm happy with what I achieved at Chelsea not only with the results but with the mark I made."
The Portuguese left Chelsea by "mutual consent" on Thursday and he was quickly linked with a move to Tottenham.
"I will come back and manage here, but I don't want it as my next step - it must be another country, another experience, another football," he said.
"I'm 44 and I hope I will have many years in English football. I love English football."
The former Chelsea manager added that he was not interested in coaching the Portuguese national team.
"I don't want the Portuguese national team," said Mourinho.
"I want to make that very, very clear. I want Portugal to succeed, I want them to work calmly and I don't want Scolari to have to look behind him thinking I'm waiting.
I don't want players to threaten to leave because I have
Jose Mourinho
"Not just the Portuguese national team, I don't want to work in Portuguese football."
Mourinho, who speaks Spanish and French, wants to learn another language as he waits to decide on the next club he will manage.
"I have to choose between Italian and German," he said.
Mourinho insisted that the atmosphere at his next club would be important factor for him.
"I just hope I'm surrounded by love so I can express my personality," said the Portuguese coach.
It is unclear whether Mourinho's decision not to initially manage another English team was influenced or determined by his separation package from Chelsea.
At the unveiling of former director of football Avram Grant as Chelsea's new manager, club chairman Buck would not confirm whether there was a clause in Mourinho's severance package preventing him from coaching another Premier League club this season.
"The specific terms of the contract are confidential," said Buck. "There is nothing (in it) which I, as a corporate lawyer, would view as particularly unusual in the context of an executive of a company moving on."
However, Mourinho did say he would like to return to England in the future, admitting: "I think sometime I will return to coach in England."
The Portuguese also urged his former players and fans to get behind the new regime at Stamford Bridge.
Scores of supporters protested outside the ground following his departure, while reports suggest several players are considering their futures at the Blues.
But he said: "I don't want players to threaten to leave because I have. I don't want the fans to chant my name. I don't want demonstrations of any sort."
He added that he was "happy" about his departure, saying: "In professional terms and in personal terms I'm fine.
"I'm happy to have left and I'm happy with what I achieved at Chelsea not only with the results but with the mark I made."