Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho reveals contract talks have not started amid PSG speculation :-: Metro
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Jose Mourinho has dismissed speculation linking him with Paris St Germain, but revealed he is not in talks with Manchester United over a new contract.
The Red Devils boss sparked frenzied speculation he could leave Old Trafford for Paris after an interview in France in which he praised the Ligue 1 outfit.
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He also said he didn’t think Manchester United would be his last job.
But ahead of his side’s Champions League tie with Benfica, Mourinho moved to quell the speculation about his future.
‘I think you English media have the answer,’ a terse Mourinho told the press in Portugal. ‘In one day it says I am going to sign a five year contract, £1billion per season. The next day you say I am leaving to go to PSG. That is the answer.
‘Nothing is happening, I am not signing a new five year contract and I am not leaving for PSG. I am not leaving United. I have a contract and that is it.’
Mourinho added: ‘I have my contract which ends in June 2019. We are in October 2017 so I don’t know what to say.
‘I told poeople, and it is true, that I am not going to end my career at United. How is it possible in modern football that any manager lasts 15/20 years in the same club. [Arsenal manager Arsene] Wenger is the last one.
‘I think I’m going to be in football 15 years more minimum, it is impossible to stay that long at one club.
‘If my career was ending in 3,4,5 years then yes, I would end my career at United.
‘Yes it’s true that I haven’t signed a new contract; but I’m also not thinking about leaving either.’
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Mourinho’s current contract runs until the summer of 2019 but after his successful start to life at Manchester United there have been reports the club want to tie him to a lengthier deal.
Other reports suggest he is seeking a significant pay rise on his £15million-a-year contract after delivering the League Cup and Europa League last term.
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