Manchester United’s Louis van Gaal will be looking over his shoulder with more intensity after Jose Mourinho revealed he would be open to working for a club outside the capital
Jose Mourinho has dropped another hint that he could be set to take over from Louis van Gaal as Manchester United manager, stating he is “ready” to manage a club outside London.
The Portuguese coach has been without a club since December following his dismissal from Chelsea, which came about after he led the defending champions to their worst-ever start to a Premier League season.
With Van Gaal’s position at Old Trafford coming under increasing pressure in recent weeks, speculation has mounted that Mourinho is being lined up to take over from the experienced Dutchman.
Mourinho has stated his intention to return to management in the near future but went one step further in his most recent interview, revealing his reasons behind the club-hopping years at Porto, Chelsea, Inter and Real Madrid.
“When my kids were younger, we could move a lot, experience different countries and in my case different clubs, different football,” he told GQ.
“But there was a moment where they needed some stability: so we made a decision three years ago to move back to London, and we manage my professional life around that.
“It’s an amazing place to live, amazing for them to study and search for their future, and for the family to be together.”
In spite of Chelsea’s woeful showing this season, Mourinho is determined to maintain England’s capital as his family’s base but he has admitted it is necessary for him to work away from London.
“At this moment I don’t have a job, and I don’t know where football will take me, because in football you never know,” he added.
“But for sure for sure for sure, as a family, our home will still be England, our home will be in London. But obviously I am ready to move.
“As a professional, I am ready to move, especially because football in London for me, in terms of clubs… I think it is clear that I have to move.”
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Source: goal.com