Mourinho won't manage into his 60s

Jose Mourinho has revealed his retirement plans but insists they do not include walking away from Chelsea this summer.

The Blues boss, 44, wants to completely sever his ties with football before he turns 60.

“I promised my wife that I will not be coaching until my 70s like Bobby Robson or Alex Ferguson,” he told Portuguese broadcaster Radio Renascensa.

“By my 60s, I want to be out of football. I want to do too many things in life I cannot do now.”

Mourinho’s future at Stamford Bridge was repeatedly brought into question last season, but he is adamant he is going nowhere for now.

He said: “Some newspaper named at least 14 coaches to replace me at Chelsea, but I am staying at the club.”

He reiterated his desire to one day manage Portugal’s national team, describing the prospect as “inevitable”.

“I really do want to so much,” he said. “I believe that, some time, the Portuguese Football Federation will want that too. And it will be inevitable.”

Mourinho also rejected any suggestion he could take up a behind-the-scenes role at Chelsea or any other club.

He said: “I do not want to become a director of football or things like that, observing somebody’s work, like Jorge Valdano or Arrigo Sacchi [at Real Madrid]. No, I don’t want this for me.”

He added: “I do not want to become a pundit, or a club chairman either. I will want to be completely out.”

Mourinho described himself as a possessing a “rebel side” and claimed some of his indiscretions were the result of not having anybody to prepare him for games.

He said: “My rebel side started when I moved more seriously into professional football. The players have somebody to prepare them for the games. I do not have anybody.”

Mourinho will attempt to wrest back the Barclays Premier League title from Manchester United next season and has been keeping an eye on their summer transfer activity.

He has backed compatriot Nani to be a success at Old Trafford.

“I know him enough to say that he is a talented player with, good athletic condition,” Mourinho said.

“He was fortunate to start early in Sporting Lisbon’s first team. He will have a nice career at Manchester (United).”