Jose Mourinho believes six months out of management is enough.
Mourinho has been without a job since he was sacked by Manchester United before Christmas and he has now given a timeline for his return to the dugout.
The former two-time Chelsea manager has revealed that he has turned down approaches from a number of clubs but wants to be back in a job in three months so that he has a full pre-season to prepare.
“What I have in mind is that I would like to be back in the summer, in June, for a new club, for a new pre-season,” Mourinho beINSPORTS.
“I know exactly what I don’t want – that’s the reason I’ve had to say no already to three or four different offers.
“And I know what I want in terms of, not a specific club, but the nature of the job, the dimension of the job. I know what I want and I’m going to be waiting for that.”
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While Mourinho has been linked with the Portugal job, the 56-year-old doesn’t feel like a national team position would suit him right now.
“A national team job is a very specific job – I like daily football, daily work, I like many competitions, I like many matches and I want to stay at football club level,” he continued.
“When you are working every day in football with six press conferences per week, with three matches per week, with pre-match analysed, with post-match analysed, with all the problems you have day by day, sometimes you have no time to take care of yourself and now I’m having this month where I think I’m going to be back even better prepared.
“At this moment I am two and half months without work and I am ‘working’ preparing myself for the next one.
“It’s not like I am on holiday, it’s not like I am bored – I am preparing myself for the next one.”
