Jose makes pitch for United hot seat

JOSE MOURINHO could not have made his position any more clear without actually saying the words — he wants to be the next manager of Manchester United.

There are a couple of obvious obstacles, firstly that there is currently no vacancy, or likely to be one as United proudly march on towards a quintuple and immortality, if such an assessment can not already be made of Alex Ferguson.

In addition, there are the allegations that were made to Greater Manchester Police about Mourinho on Wednesday night to further cloud the issue, at least until it is decided whether they are accurate or not.