In an exclusive interview with Yahoo, José Mourinho has outlined his plans to manage his home country of Portugal – but only at the end of his career.
Mourinho was speaking following his election as Yahoo’s Global Football Ambassador for 2014, meaning he will provide exclusive analysis for the World Cup in Brazil.
He was swift, however, to stress the point that he would only manage Portugal once he had done everything else.
“The job is for me when I want to finish my career; the job is for me when I realise that I need a little rest but, at this moment, I want to train, I want to play. I want to play many competitions at the same time; I want to play at least three days; I want Champions League; I want the championship; I want everything. It is not a job for me to be two years waiting for a World Cup or for a European Cup, I can’t do that now.”
As for coaching Portugal, Mourinho says he is ready to give something back to his home country, irrespective of the fact that he will not be able to control the quality of the players available.
“Obviously it depends on the generation. Maybe I get the Portuguese team in a generation that we can’t do big things … but really I don’t care. .. I want to try to give what I have to my national team.”
Mourinho has been linked with the England national job in the past but said nothing would compare with managing Portugal.
He added: “If I coach a team like England, I would be very, very much connected with deep feelings too, but Portugal is my country and if I can do (it) for my country and my people, it will be something special.”
