Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho wants to stay at Old Trafford for 'the next 15 years' to restore the success of Sir Alex Ferguson

  • Jose Mourinho wants to spend the ‘next 15 years’ as Manchester United manager
  • The 54-year-old believes he has put United on course to being a force again
  • He won the Europa League, EFL Cup and Community Shield in his first season

Jose Mourinho is open to spending the ‘next 15 years’ at Manchester United but accepts that the demands of modern-day football will make that very difficult.

Mourinho wants to restore the stability that United enjoyed under Sir Alex Ferguson following three difficult years under David Moyes and Louis van Gaal.

The 54-year-old won the Europa League, EFL Cup and Community Shield in his first season at Old Trafford, and believes he has put United on course to being a major force again.

Jose Mourinho is open to spending the ‘next 15 years’ as Manchester United manager

Jose Mourinho is open to spending the ‘next 15 years’ as Manchester United manager

The 54-year-old believes he has put United on course to being a major force again

The 54-year-old believes he has put United on course to being a major force again

The Portuguese boss accepts the demands of modern-day football make a long stay difficult

The Portuguese boss accepts the demands of modern-day football make a long stay difficult

Mourinho wants to stay around long enough to enjoy the fruits of his hard work. But he knows from the experience of his second spell at Chelsea, when he was sacked just seven months after winning the Premier League title for a third time, that he can’t take anything for granted.


‘I am ready for this,’ he said. ‘I am ready for the next 15 years, I would say. Here? Yes, why not? 

'I have to admit that it is very difficult because of the pressure around our jobs, everybody putting pressure on managers and things that people say – that we have to win. But in reality only one can win and every year it is getting more difficult.

‘What I try to do in the club is show that my work goes further than the football results, that it goes to areas that people don't think of as a manager's job. In my vision, my job is much more than what I do on the pitch and the results that my team gets at the weekend.

Mourinho won the Europa League, EFL Cup and Community Shield in his first season at United

Mourinho won the Europa League, EFL Cup and Community Shield in his first season at United

Mourinho wants to restore the stability that United enjoyed under Sir Alex Ferguson

Mourinho wants to restore the stability that United enjoyed under Sir Alex Ferguson

‘This club, for so many years, was Sir Alex. People got used to it. People understood the great consequences of that stability. After David Moyes and Mr Van Gaal, I come to my second year and hopefully I can stay and give that stability that the club wants. I will try, but again, I will have to try to deserve that, but that's what I try every day that I work.

‘I think Sir Alex’s career is unique. I don’t think it is possible to emulate. Nobody is going to be in the same club for so many years, be in the same league for so many years. I think Wenger will be the last with a similar story in terms of staying at a club for so many years.

‘What I try to do in modern football nowadays is to try to deserve to stay in the club, because in this moment, it is about success. You have success, you stay in the club. You don't have success, you don't stay.

‘You have huge success in one year, the next year you don't have success and you are out. It happened to me at Chelsea, it happened to Ranieri at Leicester, it will happen to many others. Nowadays, people look much more on the short-term.’