Mourinho could get passionate about England job

Jose Mourinho believes an Englishman should be in charge of the English national side but feels another five years in London may give him the passion for the job.

Portuguese Mourinho, who led Chelsea to the English Premiership title in his first season at Stamford Bridge, is under contract until 2010.

By then, Mourinho expects to feel “more English” and hinted he may be keen on leading the national side.

Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson, the current England coach, has been under pressure since England’s defeat to Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifier.

But Mourinho has no intention of offering his services before next year’s World Cup finals in Germany.

“It’s true part of me already feels like an Englishman,” Mourinho told Time Out magazine. “And if I stay here for the next five years, up to the end of my contract, I will feel even more English.

“If players spend that amount of time in another country, they can change their passport and play for that country.

“With six years of loving and living in London, I will have something of England and its people in my heart. So I could do it in a professional way and also with my heart.

“I still think it’s really a job for an English person. And for the moment it’s for Sven.”