Mourinho content to rest until next season commences
by Agency Staff,
2016-02-25 05:00:00.0
LONDON — Sacked Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said on Wednesday that he is happy to wait for a new project and would prefer to resume his coaching career at the start of next season, which starts in August.
Widely linked with the Manchester United hot seat currently occupied by under-pressure Dutchman Louis van Gaal, Mourinho told reporters on a visit to Singapore that he was in no rush.
"I miss football, yeah, and if I have to return tomorrow, I will return tomorrow, but I always feel it’s better to wait, not to rush," Mourinho, whose second spell at Chelsea ended in December after a dismal run of results, said in an interview on Sky Sports.
"It’s better to be calm and to wait for the right moment, the right move and starting the next season with a new club, a new project is probably the best thing for me."
Mourinho shrugged off the daily rumours about his future, one of which was fuelled by a remark from Inter Milan dignitary Bedy Moratti on Saturday saying he "is going to Manchester".
"I read so many different things. One day it says yes, another day it says no. One day it says I go to China, another day it says I go to Italy, I go to Milan; people say I’m going back to Inter," he said.
"I’m here, so they’ll probably say I go to the Singapore national team. The reality is that I have no job and, at this moment, I’m happy at not having a job."
Mourinho was also coy about his future when asked by students at Singapore’s North Light secondary school.
"That’s the $1m question and nobody knows and I’m the first one not to know," Mourinho replied to the young United fan who asked if he would be heading to Old Trafford for next season.
"The reality is I like football so much and I miss football, so when I get the chance to come back, I will come back. But I have to wait to see what happens."
Asked by a Chelsea-supporting student to look back on his experience and two spells with the London club, Mourinho had
mixed feelings.
"It’s quite a funny career because I am still the English champion and I have no job," the 53-year-old said.
"I look more to the future, I look to the future with more enthusiasm. Now I enjoy my quiet life in this period when I’m not working in football and I hope in the summer I will be back."
Reuters
Jose Mourinho. Picture: Picture: REUTERS, STEFAN WERMUTH
LONDON — Sacked Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said on Wednesday that he is happy to wait for a new project and would prefer to resume his coaching career at the start of next season, which starts in August.
Widely linked with the Manchester United hot seat currently occupied by under-pressure Dutchman Louis van Gaal, Mourinho told reporters on a visit to Singapore that he was in no rush.
"I miss football, yeah, and if I have to return tomorrow, I will return tomorrow, but I always feel it’s better to wait, not to rush," Mourinho, whose second spell at Chelsea ended in December after a dismal run of results, said in an interview on Sky Sports.
"It’s better to be calm and to wait for the right moment, the right move and starting the next season with a new club, a new project is probably the best thing for me."
Mourinho shrugged off the daily rumours about his future, one of which was fuelled by a remark from Inter Milan dignitary Bedy Moratti on Saturday saying he "is going to Manchester".
"I read so many different things. One day it says yes, another day it says no. One day it says I go to China, another day it says I go to Italy, I go to Milan; people say I’m going back to Inter," he said.
"I’m here, so they’ll probably say I go to the Singapore national team. The reality is that I have no job and, at this moment, I’m happy at not having a job."
Mourinho was also coy about his future when asked by students at Singapore’s North Light secondary school.
"That’s the $1m question and nobody knows and I’m the first one not to know," Mourinho replied to the young United fan who asked if he would be heading to Old Trafford for next season.
"The reality is I like football so much and I miss football, so when I get the chance to come back, I will come back. But I have to wait to see what happens."
Asked by a Chelsea-supporting student to look back on his experience and two spells with the London club, Mourinho had
mixed feelings.
"It’s quite a funny career because I am still the English champion and I have no job," the 53-year-old said.
"I look more to the future, I look to the future with more enthusiasm. Now I enjoy my quiet life in this period when I’m not working in football and I hope in the summer I will be back."
Reuters
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