Former Manchester United and Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho has dropped hints to his future plans, revealing that he sees himself becoming the manager of a national team rather than another club.After successful spells winning trophies in four different European countries, the Portuguese has revealed that he sees his future away from club football.
The controversial tactician has been without any coaching job since he was sacked by the Red Devils in December 2018, having recently appeared as a pundit for broadcaster beIN SPORTS.
The 56-year-old revealed in an interview broadcast by Eleven, that he still has the desire to take on new challenges in the world of management.
"I want to compete in new competitions,” he said. I think about the World Cup and the European Championships."
"For a long time I have had the desire to try out such an adventure. Right now, I see myself more at a national team than with a new club. Is Portugal the right team for me? Not necessarily".
The self-proclaimed ‘special one’ has enjoyed a glittering career in club management since lifting his first league title with Portuguese side Porto in 2003 – a year before winning the Primeira Liga side won the UEFA Champions League with the same team.
Mourinho would then go on to lift the Champions League the second time but this time with Italian giants Inter in 2010, after initial spells in English with Chelsea helping them win consecutive Premier League titles with in 2005 and 2006, as well as four domestic trophies.
He then moved to Spain where he won his fourth league title in as many countries with Real Madrid in 2012, and although his spell at Manchester United may not have gone as planned, there is no question that there is little left for him to achieve in club management.
The 56-year-old did not rule out a return to club football when speaking earlier in June however, telling Eleven Sports:
"Winning a fifth championship in a different country or the Champions League with a third club are things I'd like to do. I wouldn't do it just for that. I only go where a project convinces me.
"I want to be happy, not necessarily win, I want to be happy and I don't want to accept a proposal without being convinced of it, that's what I've always thought.
"That's why if [a club] told me 'today there are no conditions to win, but we want you to create the conditions to win', then I would evaluate it."
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