Jose Mourinho names EFL club he could manage after teasing English football return

Former Manchester United and Chelsea brag Jose Mourinho is presently successful complaint of Turkish giants Fenerbahce but has already expressed his tendency to instrumentality to the Premier League

Former Manchester United brag Jose Mourinho has claimed helium could negociate MILLWALL aft performing a u-turn connected a Premier League return.

The Portuguese tactician is presently successful complaint of Turkish giants Fenerbahce. Mourinho moved to Istanbul successful the summertime pursuing a abbreviated spell retired of the crippled pursuing his sacking by Italian broadside Roma.

And the erstwhile United and Chelsea caput manager precocious suggested that helium was keen to instrumentality to the Premier League - potentially with a broadside facing relegation. Speaking successful a property conference, helium said: "The champion happening I person to bash is erstwhile I permission Fener is that I spell to a nine that doesn’t play successful UEFA competition.

“So a nine astatine the bottommost successful England who needs a manager successful 2 years, I’m acceptable to go. I don’t privation to talk anymore astir it. I privation to talk astir the game."

But Mourinho has present made a melodramatic u-turn and backtracked connected his claim. But helium inactive suggested that helium could beryllium tempted to negociate successful the Championship with Millwall.

"I made a joke," Mourinho said successful an interrogation with Sky Sports. "I'm ne'er going to a squad warring relegation. I volition ne'er go. I get upset, and I'm not successful the play of my vocation to get upset.

“I'm successful the play of my vocation to beryllium blessed each the clip and astatine this infinitesimal playing successful European competitions, I americium getting upset each the time.

"But I'm not going to combat relegation. It's excessively hard! Honestly, I judge that has to beryllium the hardest thing. It's much hard than playing for titles. It has to beryllium precise hard emotionally, due to the fact that it's thing that changes lives. I deliberation it's brave guys that bash it." Mourinho past joked: "Millwall. Millwall. I conscionable transverse the span from my house. Millwall!"

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Despite claiming that helium volition not instrumentality implicit a broadside successful the little reaches of the table, Mourinho did corroborate that a Premier League instrumentality is connected his agenda. He added: "I had 3 clubs successful England, truthful 4 antithetic periods I've coached successful England, and I emotion it.

“And by the societal constituent of view, I've been fortunate capable to unrecorded successful truthful galore cities, but my household lives successful London. London is home, truthful 1 time I person to beryllium back, unless nary 1 wants me. But 1 time I would similar to spell back.

"But don't get maine wrong, and let's marque it precise very clear, for the adjacent 2 years, this play and next, nary 1 volition instrumentality maine from Fenerbahce."

Mourinho, 61, is nether declaration with Fenerbahce until 2026. His broadside presently beryllium 3rd successful the Turkish Super Lig and 8 points down league leaders Fenerbahce.

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