Mourinho wants to coach in England again one day

Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:32am BST
 
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By Tony Jimenez

LONDON (Reuters) - Jose Mourinho, who left Chelsea by mutual consent earlier this week, is keen to coach another English club later in his career.

Asked if he wanted to work in England again, he told Sky Sports on Friday: "Yes, for sure. I don't want it for my next step, I don't want to close the Chelsea door and open another door.

"My next step will be another country. I am 44 and I hope I have many years of management ahead and I love English football. It is an unbelievable football country."

Mourinho will not go back to his native Portugal just yet either.

"I don't want the Portuguese national team," he said. "I want to make that very, very clear.

"I want Portugal to succeed, I want them to work calmly and I don't want (manager Luiz Felipe) Scolari to have to look behind him thinking I'm waiting."

Mourinho said there were "fractures" behind the scenes at Chelsea.

"The whole club was not a real block," he said. "There were some fractures.  Continued...

 
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