Since José Mourinho was axed by The Blues in the end of last year, no one really knew where he’s been going and what has he been doing – until now.
Mourinho gave his first interview since being sacked by Chelsea to GQ while driving a brand new Jaguar F-Pace on a cold afternoon in Arjeplog, Sweden.
We’ve chosen a few quotes considering him and Chelsea to share with you guys.
Q: You’re a big fan of London. Why?
“When my kids were younger, we could move a lot, experience different countries and in my case different clubs, different football. 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.”
Q: So you’re staying in the UK?
“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. 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.”
According to sources as like BBC the former Chelsea boss is holding talks with Manchester United as he looks to take over the rival club in the change of new season.
Q: Are you enjoying the down time?
“No, I am not enjoying it. I can have everything I love at the same time. I can have my family, I can have my friends, I can have my quiet life, which I also like, and I can have my football… I can have everything together and I don’t need to give up on one of them. To be fully happy I need everything, so I go back to football. I think it’s my natural habitat. I have worked since I can remember, and as a manager since 2000. I stopped when I left Chelsea in 2007, for a few months, and now is the second time I stop in 15 or 16 years, so it is not a drama. But for sure, I will be back soon.”
When Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013, was Mourinho being linked to the Red Devils.
He though stated his passion for his loved Chelsea saying: “I would have turned down every job in the world – the Manchester United job, every one – for Chelsea.”
Q: What’s more difficult: winning for the first time, or repeating the feat?
“It depends. I always think you need new challenges, but there are different ways of getting new challenges. For example, if you are in a club that wins, if you want to win again you have to create instability in the winners. And to create instability in the winners you have to make them doubt, you have to buy new players, you have to make them feel not in their comfort zone. There is a normal tendency to go to your comfort zone. If you don’t react, if you believe that just because you won in one year that you are going to win again, it’s very difficult.”
You can read the full interview here.
