I’ll Only Manage A National Team When I’m Old And Tired – Mourinho

Fenerbahce manager, Jose Mourinho has come out to claim that he rejected the England job on two separate occasions. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he rejected the England job twice because it is not a job that will make him happy, and he does not see himself overseeing one or 2 matches per month.

Mourinho added that he is simply not the type of manager to wait a while for tournaments before coaching actively.

His words, “I had national team opportunities in the past but I always turned them down. I received an offer from England twice but I didn’t accept it. It’s not a job that will make me happy. One or two matches a month, travelling to watch players, waiting for tournaments… I have a lot of energy to spend right now. Maybe one day when I’m old and tired, but not today.”

WOW.

José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix GOIH is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Italian Serie A club Roma. Dubbed “The Special One” by the British media, Mourinho is one of the most decorated managers ever and is widely considered to be among the greatest managers of all time.

Mourinho was born in 1963 to a large middle-class family in Setúbal (a suburb of the Lisbon metropolitan area), Portugal, the son of José Manuel Mourinho Félix, who was known by the name Félix Mourinho, and his wife, Maria Júlia Carrajola dos Santos. His father played football professionally for Belenenses and Vitória de Setúbal, earning one cap for Portugal in the course of his career.

His mother was a primary school teacher from an affluent background; her uncle funded the construction of the Vitória de Setúbal football stadium. The Carnation Revolution leading to the fall of António de Oliveira Salazar’s Estado Novo regime in April 1974 also led to the family losing all but a single property in nearby Palmela.