Immediate former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has suggested he would take a job in Ligue 1 this coming after attending Lille’s home game against Montpellier.
Mourinho, who has worked as a television pundit after being sacked by United in December, was pictured shaking hands with former France striker Nicolas Anelka at Sunday’s game.
The Portuguese coach has won league titles in his homeland as well as Italy, Spain, and England throughout his distinguished career, which has also produced a pair of Champions League crowns, and he suggested he may be keen to work in France.
“I can imagine myself as a coach in Ligue 1,” Mourinho, who previously dismissed speculation he could take charge of Benfica, said to beIN SPORTS. “I am a man who has worked in four different countries, I like to know and learn about other cultures. Working in a new championship would be a fantastic experience.
“For now I’m calm, I try to live better with my family and friends and I work to get the right opportunity to go back to training. Two to three months [without a job] is okay, afterward, it’s more difficult. I hope to have the opportunity to come back stronger.
Mourinho, previously linked with taking charge at Paris Saint-Germain, was reportedly a guest of Lille’s technical director Luis Campos, with whom he worked at Real Madrid.
Campos – who has been linked with a move to either Chelsea or Manchester United – was sat next to Mourinho, who took a selfie with Lille goalkeeper Kouakou Herve Koffi.