The Portuguese, who was formally introduced as Chelsea manager last week, had indicated previously that he would have been interested in becoming Ferguson's successor.
Jose Mourinho has insisted that he was never interested in becoming manager of Manchester United and claimed he knew "many months ago" that Sir Alex Ferguson intended to retire.
The Portuguese, who was formally introduced as Chelsea manager last week, had indicated previously that he would have been interested in becoming Ferguson's successor. But with United privately insisting that they never considered hiring Mourinho, and having recruited David Moyes, Mourinho now says that he would have turned down the job at Old Trafford as his heart was set on returning to Chelsea.
"I knew that Ferguson was retiring many months ago," he said. "And I'm so happy with his trust because it was big news for the world - I can imagine that just a circle around him knew that. And it was a big responsibility for me to know that. "I am one of the guys that knows. And why do I know that? Because we are friends. So if I am his friend to know that he's going to retire, he's always my friend to know that the club I want to coach in England is Chelsea. "I would have turned down every job in the world.
The Man United job, everyone. For Chelsea I would turn down every job in the world." Mourinho said it was inevitable that he would one day return to Stamford Bridge. "We had some communication, sometimes direct with Mr Abramovich, sometimes with other people from the board, people close to him.
"There was always this kind of relation and the feeling that the right moment to do it will come again. It was clear in my heart that it would happen. We were waiting for the right moment." Mourinho again failed to give any reassurance to Fernando Torres that the Spaniard had a future under him, describing the 50 million pounds striker's contribution to Chelsea as "so-so".
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