Jose Mourinho has opened the door to managing either Rangers or Celtic later in his managerial career.
Mourinho insisted that he was happy with his current job as Fenerbahce head coach, but ahead of his side’s Europa League last-16 tie against Rangers did not rule out a move to Scotland later in his career.
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The 62-year-old has plenty of experience in British football having won three Premier League trophies across two separate spells as Chelsea manager, while he later had stints in charge of Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
“Why not in the future?” Mourinho said at his press conference on Wednesday of a potential move to Glasgow.
“People say that the Scottish league is a league of two teams, but it is a league of passion and passion in football is everything for me.
“To play in empty stadiums or where there is not that fire of the passion, for me that does not make any sense.
“Celtic and Rangers are big clubs with big fanbases, big emotions, big responsibilities and big expectations, so why not?”
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The Portuguese head coach has a two-year contract at Fenerbahce that runs until the summer of 2026 and said in October he would be open to managing in England’s Premier League again once his spell in Istanbul is over.
Mourinho’s list of former clubs include Porto, Inter, Real Madrid and Roma, while his Fenerbahce side are currently second in the Turkish Super Lig, four points behind Galatasaray.
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