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Mourinho: Was wanted by FA<\/p>\n

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I was hours away – I almost signed up for the England national team.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jose Mourinho
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Jose Mourinho claims that he had a last-minute change of heart about signing a contract to become England manager before Fabio Capello was appointed.\n<\/p>\n

The former Chelsea boss has revealed that he came within ‘hours’ of succeeding the sacked Steve McClaren in 2007, as the Football Association sought a top-class talent to rebuild the national team after the failure to qualify for Euro 2008.<\/p>\n

Mourinho was a free agent at the time, having left Stamford Bridge two months before McClaren was fired, and his love of English football is well known after his success with Chelsea.<\/p>\n

But the Portuguese instead made a late decision to snub England and opted for Inter Milan, where he enjoyed Treble-winning success, before moving on to his current job at Real Madrid. <\/p>\n

Mourinho told l’Equipe<\/i>: “I was hours away – I almost signed up for the England national team.<\/p>\n

“But at the last minute I began thinking, ‘I am going to coach a national side, there will be one match a month and the rest of the time I will be in my office or overseeing matches. <\/p>\n

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“And then to have to wait until the summer to compete in a European Championship or a World Cup’? No, it wasn’t for me.<\/p>\n

“So at the last moment I pulled back, preferring to wait for the right job to come along, a good club, a challenge that could motivate me. That was Inter (Milan).”<\/p>\n

Mourinho was out of the game for nine months before being appointed Inter coach in June 2008, leaving them for Madrid last summer.<\/p>\n

“When I left Chelsea, the first month was fantastic. I went to Africa, to Japan, I did tons of things I had not been able to do,” he added.<\/p>\n

“The second month was also good, but from the third onwards it was horrible, just awful.”<\/p>\n

Mourinho admitted he also came close to taking the Paris St Germain job after leaving Stamford Bridge, but decided against it as he was not convinced by Ligue 1’s quality.<\/p>\n

Asked why he did not take the PSG post, he said: “I do not know. Perhaps because of the feeling that England, Spain or Italy are more powerful leagues, and we must make the most of the best years of our career by working at the highest level.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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