Jose Mourinho breaks silence after being sacked by Manchester United

Jose Mourinho insists he has a future in football after being sacked by Manchester United.

Tracked down in London, the 55-year-old said he will now go about living his “normal life” until finding another job in the game.

“I don’t change. What I did when I left Chelsea, for example, is the same I am going to do now,” Mourinho told Sky Sports.

“I keep the good things and I don’t speak about anything that happened in the club. We could speak about so many good things and we could speak about not as good… that’s not me. It’s finished. Manchester United has a future without me and I have a future without Manchester United, so why should I now be sharing with you or even with the supporters any of my feelings?”

Recriminations begin

Mourinho was dismissed on Tuesday after leading United to their worst ever start in a Premier League season.

The final straw proved to be a 3-1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield which left his former charges wallowing in sixth place in the table and 19 points adrift of their bitter rivals.

In the 24 hours that have passed since his sacking, recriminations have already begun with reports emerging from Old Trafford that Mourinho was unpopular with his players, had not spoken face-to-face with medical staff at the club in nearly 18 months and had alienated the boardroom after wearing a hoody and trainers to a Munich air disaster memorial.

Nevertheless, Mourinho insisted he did not wish to dish the dirt on any of his former players, colleagues or senior management.

“It’s over and that’s the way I have always been and I was always very critical of managers that leave clubs and then they come out and they speak about the details of what happened and who was to blame for it,” he added. “That’s not me. I just want to finish like it happened yesterday and, as I like to say, it’s game over.

“I just hope that you media respect this and my way of reacting to these kind of situations and until I get back to football I think I have the right to live my normal life like I am going to do now. I am going to do a little shopping, go for my little walk and that’s what I want to do. Manchester United is the past.”

Statement

Shortly after the interview, Mourinho released the following statement:

“I have been immensely proud to wear the badge of Manchester United since the first day I arrived, and I believe all United supporters recognise this. Just as was the case with my previous clubs, I have worked with some wonderful people and I believe that some will be my friends for life.