Jose Mourinho news: Portuguese ‘not happy’ and ‘full of fire’ in anticipation of return to management

The Portuguese has been out of work since last December when Manchester United sacked him

Jose Mourinho is underlined his desire to return to management when the right opportunity arises.

The Portuguese has been out of work since December last year following his sacking at Manchester United, but he remains “full of fire” in anticipation of his return.

Despite the lure of international football, Mourinho is eager to get back into the club game, specifically the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga Serie A or Ligue 1.

“I have some time to think, to rethink, to analyse and what I feel is exactly that ‘Ze’ (Mourinho’s nickname as a boy) is full of fire,” Mourinho told Sky Sports.

“My friends tell me ‘enjoy your time, enjoy your July, enjoy your August, enjoy what you never had’. Honestly, I can’t enjoy. I am not happy enough to enjoy. I miss my football, I have the fire.

“The most difficult thing for me is to say ‘no’ to the possibilities I had to work.

“I have to be patient and wait for the right one and the right one is one at the dimension of what I am as a manager.

“I have to be patient and that is the most difficult thing because I had the impulse during this period so many times (to say) ‘yes, I go’. No, I cannot go. I cannot go. I have to wait exactly for the right one.”

Mourinho is learning German but says he is not thinking specifically of going to the Bundesliga, adding: “No club is waiting for me, nobody knocked at my door.”

When asked if it would still have to be one of the ‘big five’ European leagues to attract him, the former Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid boss said “yes.”

He added: “If you tell me a club in another country, to fight to be champion, to build something special, to bring that club in that country to a different level – maybe, who knows. But my focus is on the biggest ones.”

Mourinho also insists international management is something he may do in the future.

Mourinho is eager to return to the game (EPA)

“A national team job for me...one match per month? Lots of office. No pitch. No matches. Wait two years for a European Championship, wait two years for a World Cup....no. Still no,” the 56-year-old said.

“But one day maybe, if not Portugal then another country. Because when I go to the World Cups, the Euros, when I am there in the centre of that event, I have the feeling one day I want to do it.

“Then I think it is not the job for me. But maybe one day – and, if it is Portugal, obviously I would be very proud.”

PA Sport also contributed to this report