Stan Collymore: Jose Mourinho would leave Chelsea if Manchester United approach him

Stan Collymore

Stan Collymore has suggested that Jose Mourinho would take the Manchester United job if it was offered to him in the summer.

The Portuguese tactician was widely expected to take over at Old Trafford when Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down and it came as great surprise that David Moyes was selected to succeed the legendary man. While only this week, Mourinho suggested he never thought about the Man United job.

In a biography of Mourinho, Diego Torres claimed that Mourinho felt ‘betrayed’ by the decision, but with Moyes’ job incredibly uncertain following a poor season in which United currently sit in sixth in the table, Collymore feels that the current Chelsea boss would still take the job if it was offered to him now.

Collymore wrote on Bleacher Report, “There’s no way Moyes will be fired before the end of the season. Don’t believe the gossip around that, because United still have a chance of finishing in the top four and finishing strongly. What’s more, there’s nobody on the market right now that United would want.

“But what if Moyes went in the summer and United sounded out Mourinho about taking over?

“I honestly believe that if I interviewed him one-to-one with a lie detector on, he’d tell me he would take the United job and leave Chelsea.

“Yes, the Chelsea fans would hate him for it. But Mourinho is ultimately, and in the best way possible, selfish. He’s a winner and I don’t think he could turn down the lure of managing a truly great club. Chelsea are still not in that category.

“Mourinho loves Chelsea. He’s made himself an iconic figure in the club’s history and he’s worshipped at Stamford Bridge, but I still believe he’d leave this summer if the chance arose to take over from Moyes at Manchester United.

“I’m not saying it will happen, but if United do decide they want Mourinho, my bet is that the Special One would leap at the chance.”