Jose Mourinho says he will be back as a manager in July

Former Real Madrid and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has said that he will be back in management this July. The future of the Portuguese manager has been subject to intense speculation and the sacked Chelsea manager confirmed that he will be in a new job by July. Manchester United have been linked heavily with him and if Van Gaal fails to secure Champions league football next season, he might be the new manager at Old Trafford next season.

He also said that he misses managing and is itching to get back into action.

“In July I will be back,” Mourinho told AP. “So we are in May. May to July is nothing. I keep enjoying my life which I'm doing, keep enjoying my family. But in July I am back.

“Of course I miss it.”

Mourinho was concerend about the fact that July would be a slightly late appointment and he would not be able to get a full pre season in.

“It's difficult because when you get a new club in this period normally the clubs have already done their work,” he said. “I'm not the Chelsea manager but I organised the Chelsea pre-season in many aspects because I did that 10 months ago.

“Clubs always have their commercial, marketing departments involved in everything. When a new manager arrives in May, June it's very difficult to touch in some points but we know that.

“Scouting is done during the year. We know everybody, so it's just a question of trying to choose the players that your team needs.”

The Portuguese manager was speaking in Mexico after after coaching a FIFA legends team to a 9-8 defeat against a Mexican All-Star outfit. Mourinho remained coy about the prospect of taking over at Manchester United.

“I don't know. I know nothing about it really,” he said. “I don't have a club and I was waiting for these guys [the FIFA Legends] to win the match to give me a hand but because I lost the match it's even more difficult to get a club!”

One suspects that Jose Mourinho already knows his future destination and it will be very interesting to see if the ‘special one’ remains in the Premier League. Jose Mourinho loves challenges and the challenge of building fallen Premier League giants Manchester United might just motivate him to get the best out of himself.