Jose Mourinho said that he would be “ready to go” back to the Premier League at the end of his Fenerbahce contract in two years.
The 61-year-old, speaking after his side’s 1-1 draw against Manchester United in the Europa League on Thursday, said that he would be prepared for a return to English football.
Mourinho won three Premier League trophies across two separate spells at Chelsea manager, while he later had stints in charge of United and Tottenham Hotspur.
The Portuguese head coach was asked about a future return to England after the match in Istanbul, where he has a two-year contract at Fenerbahce that runs until the summer of 2026.
“Best thing I can do is to go to a team who does not play in UEFA competitions,” Mourinho said after the match.
“So a club at the bottom in England who needs a coach in two years, I am ready to go. I don’t want to speak any more about it.”
Mourinho also sarcastically called referee Clement Turpin “one of the best in the world” after he was sent-off in Thursday’s match.
Mourinho was shown a straight red card by French official Turpin for his reaction after Fenerbahce’s Bright Osayi-Samuel went down under a challenge from Manuel Ugarte inside United’s penalty area.
Replays appeared to show minimal contact from Ugarte on Osayi-Samuel.
“I congratulate the referee,” Mourinho told TNT Sports after the match.
“He told me something absolutely incredible, that he could see my reaction and the penalty incident at the same time. He had one eye on both at the same time. He has peripheral vision in an incident at 100 miles per hour. That is why he is one of the best referees in the world.
“I watched the incident. I don’t speak about the incident.”
Fenerbahce, who have five points from their three Europa League group phase matches, return to action on Sunday in the Turkish Super Lig against Bodrum.
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