Former Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho could retire from management in one year despite asking for time at current club Roma, after a previous admission earlier in his career
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Jose Mourinho has made many damning statements and predictions during his career, but the current Roma boss previously said that he would retire by the age of 60.
Wednesday January 26 marks Mourinho’s 59th birthday and, if his early statement is true, Mourinho has just one year left in management.
Mourinho joined Roma in 2021 after being sacked by Tottenham, and the Italian giants are currently sixth in Serie A, although the Portuguese boss has much higher ambitions than that.
But he may be running out of time to fulfil those goals, if he remains a man of his word.
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Mourinho burst onto the scene with Porto as he won the Champions League against all the odds in 2004, and the exciting manager was then snapped up by Chelsea.
His first stint at Stamford Bridge lasted just three seasons as he was sacked in 2007 following a fallout with the Chelsea board, despite winning six trophies during that time.
A move to Inter Milan then followed in 2008, and it while he was at Milan that Mourinho told sports daily A Bola: “I think my career won’t be too long, it will be a shorter career than that of those traditional coaches who are still active at 60 or 65. I don’t want any of that.
“But I want to live out my career at the highest level of intensity, responsibility, of pressure. I don’t know how to live without pressure anymore.”
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Now at the age of 59, Mourinho is close to going back on his word, but that appears inevitable as the Portuguese boss is apparently far from done in management.
Mourinho has famously said that he wants to manage his national team before retiring, and after three stints in the Premier League already, it’s likely that he will be tempted by one final shot at success in England.
Despite being a serial winner, Tottenham became the first club that Mourinho failed to win silverware at and his last success in management came at the end of the 2016/17 season.
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His last trophy was the Europa League with Manchester United, meaning that Mourinho is approaching five years without a trophy, after winning 25 trophies in the 15 years prior to his last success.
Many have questioned Mourinho’s ability compared to his former ruthless self, and as the boss even said previously: “I want to live out my career at the highest level of intensity.”
So Mourinho must weigh up whether to soldier on and battle on in his quest for silverware, or stay true to his word and call it a day.
A shot at the Portuguese national team beckons, and it’s very much an option for Mourinho, who has been eyeing the role for many years.
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