Mourinho was appointed on an initial
three-year agreement in 2016 and has never lasted longer than three years and
three months in any of his previous roles, but the Portuguese boss is now
looking at a longer-term future with United.
“I think I feel a ‘privileged one’ to
work with such a fantastic group of boys,” he told MUTV.
“The relationship between them is
really good, they stick together. We have been working together for
one-and-a-half years. We were thinking about three.
“That was my initial contract, for
three years, we made now the decision to make it clear for everyone, it’s not
for three, it’s for four or five and who knows [maybe] more.”
Mourinho has been the most successful
United manager in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era, winning the EFL Cup and
Europa League, as well as the Community Shield, last term.
He recently dismissed a report there
were fears at Old Trafford he could resign at the end of this campaign but also
stated earlier this season that the United job would likely not be his last in
football.
“I am just 55 [on Friday] but I feel
myself very young, especially as a manager I feel very young,” he added.
“That’s why when I said a few months
ago that it would be impossible to end my career in Manchester United, what I
was trying to say was that in modern football what is almost impossible [is] to
stay 10 or 15 years.
“I was not saying I was going to
leave, but that I want to work 10, 15 more [years] because I like to do it and
I don’t see myself doing anything else.”
Mourinho will hope to mark his 55th
birthday with a victory over League Two Yeovil in the fourth round of the FA
Cup on Friday night. He could hand a debut to new signing Alexis Sanchez after
confirming the forward will be part of the squad travelling to Somerset.
Sanchez, 29, completed his switch from Arsenal to United on Monday in a
straight swap deal that saw £35m-rated midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan join the
Gunners.
On Sanchez, Mourinho added: “In the
Premier League he has shown already the quality he has. We got one of the best
attacking players in the world.
“I
think he’s very important for us because we want to have the best possible
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