Mourinho plays down England links
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has played down speculation that he could become manager of the England national team.
Mourinho, 42, suggested in an interview with Time Out magazine that he could coach England, but only after the end of his five-year deal with Chelsea.
But his spokesman said: "He is a passionate Portuguese citizen and has made it very clear that one day he'd like to manage the Portuguese team.
"He also totally supports Sven-Goran Eriksson as England manager."
Time Out quoted Mourinho as saying: "It's true that part of me feels like an Englishman now. If I stay here for the next five years, the length of my contract, I will feel even more English.
"If players spend that amount of time in another country they can change their passport and play for that country.
"With six years of loving and living London and England, I will have something of England and the people in my heart so I could do (the job) in a professional way."
But the Portuguese-born Blues boss also stated that he felt the job was best suited to an Englishman.
"I still think it's really for an English person," he added.
"At the moment the England job is for Sven, who is a top professional and who also does it with a bit of England in his heart."
