Mourinho - Next England Coach?

December 1, 2007

Sven-Goran Eriksson (former England coach) spoke about Jose Mourinho perhaps being England’s next coach. Mourinho is favorite to to take the job from current coach Steve McClaren.

Man City Manager - Ericksson had these words to say after hearing the news:

“I can understand the clamour for Mourinho. He is colourful and the media love him, so of course I can understand it,” said Eriksson.

“He has also been very successful, but to be the England manager you must win every game, not do anything in your private life and hopefully not earn too much money! They are the only qualities you need and if you have those, you are perfect.

“I don’t want to say that I am supporting Mourinho because I support everyone and it is not my job. But the biggest football job in Europe and in the world is to be the England manager. That is it.

“The Champions League is big and it is fantastic, but to compare it to the World Cup? No chance. The World Cup is, and will be forever, the number one, so to play in the World Cup or be involved as a manager is the biggest by far.”

“Mourinho has already shown that he is big with Porto and with Chelsea, so if he has been winning trophies for them, he can do it with England as well,” Eriksson exclaimed.

“The job is not that different. Once you have the players on the pitch, it is the same as being a manager at a club. Knowing the players as he does would be an advantage, of course.

“He knows all the Chelsea players and he worked with them for three years in the Premier League, so that would help him, especially in the beginning.

“Is he too young to be an international manager? Well that is completely up to him.”

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