Reuters
London, Feb 24: Sacked Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said Wednesday he is happy to wait for a new project and would prefer to resume his coaching career at the start of next season.
Heavily-linked with the Manchester United hot seat currently occupied by 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 who said Saturday 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 (Singapore) 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. I don’t need to work always, everyday.”
Mourinho was also coy about his future when asked by students at Singapore’s North Light Secondary School. “That’s the one million dollar 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.”
