Jose Mourinho has revealed how close he came to becoming England manager in 2007, only to turn down the FA after listening to advice from his wife.
The Chelsea boss said he had the contract on the table, a pen in his hand and was about to sign on the dotted line until he decided Matilde was right to warn he would miss the day-to-day buzz of club football.
The terms of Mourinho’s first departure from Chelsea in September 2007 meant he was not allowed to manage another Premier League side, but ‘The Special One’ insisted he had no regrets about passing up the opportunity to succeed Steve McClaren.
“My wife told me not to take it and she was right,” the Chelsea manager says. “It was the right decision. We are talking about seven years ago and I cannot wait two years for a big competition. I cannot be spending two years playing against Kazakhstan and San Marino.
“What would I do during the week? I could go to see the players training with their teams, I ask for permission to spend time with them and to have individual coaching with them, I have to work with them, I can improve things.
"I’m not going to stay at home, I have to travel, I want to see the players, I want to participate in their evolution blah, blah, blah, blah. But in the end my wife was saying: ‘No football, no matches, is not good for you.’
“And she was right. It was not the job for me seven years ago, it’s not the job for me now and I don’t think it will be the job for me in seven years’ time. Maybe in 15 years from now but not seven.”
Van Gaal : "In England, it is more the result than performance, only when Paul Scholes started he influenced a certain amount of fans. I don’t think that I have to give Ryan stress in his friendship with Scholes. It won't be good of me to ask him to say something. What Scholes is thinking, he has to think it. Everyone can give his opinion. I don’t bother about that, I think it is good. But my problem is when you create an atmosphere, a very negative atmosphere for somebody, so maybe he should be more positive."
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