NO WAY JOSÉ - AC MILAN SNUB MOURINHO
José Mourinho will never be manager of AC Milan, according to the club's Vice-president Adriano Galliani. Speculation that the Portuguese had agreed to move to the San Siro in the summer had intensified following his snubbing of the Football Association's advances last week.
With former Milanese manager Fabio Capello, 61, due to be unveiled as Steve McClaren's successor as England Head Coach on Monday, rumour-mongerers had suggested that Mourinho would remain in club football, with a top European club his most likely destination.
He was believed to be courting a move to either Barcelona, where he enjoyed a role under Bobby Robson in the mid-90s, or to Milan, where incumbent Carlo Ancelotti's aging squad are stumbling through Serie A. The Rossoneri currently lie in tenth place, 19 points off rivals Inter, who top the table.
However Galliani insists the San Siro side seldom employ personnel from outside the club, which would appear to rule out the former Chelsea tactician.
The Vice-president said: "Apart from exceptional cases, Milan go for coaches who grew up with us - and there are lots around.
"Besides, Mourinho never offered himself to us."
The 'Special One' might well consider himself an 'exceptional case', and Ancelotti admits the speculation has added spice to his job.
The manager offered: "I'm simply concentrating on my job. But if Mourinho does want the job it just gives me extra motivation.
"I'm not distracted by rumours about Mourinho. I hope to carry on tomorrow as I did today."
José Mourinho will never be manager of AC Milan, according to the club's Vice-president Adriano Galliani. Speculation that the Portuguese had agreed to move to the San Siro in the summer had intensified following his snubbing of the Football Association's advances last week.
With former Milanese manager Fabio Capello, 61, due to be unveiled as Steve McClaren's successor as England Head Coach on Monday, rumour-mongerers had suggested that Mourinho would remain in club football, with a top European club his most likely destination.
He was believed to be courting a move to either Barcelona, where he enjoyed a role under Bobby Robson in the mid-90s, or to Milan, where incumbent Carlo Ancelotti's aging squad are stumbling through Serie A. The Rossoneri currently lie in tenth place, 19 points off rivals Inter, who top the table.
However Galliani insists the San Siro side seldom employ personnel from outside the club, which would appear to rule out the former Chelsea tactician.
The Vice-president said: "Apart from exceptional cases, Milan go for coaches who grew up with us - and there are lots around.
"Besides, Mourinho never offered himself to us."
The 'Special One' might well consider himself an 'exceptional case', and Ancelotti admits the speculation has added spice to his job.
The manager offered: "I'm simply concentrating on my job. But if Mourinho does want the job it just gives me extra motivation.
"I'm not distracted by rumours about Mourinho. I hope to carry on tomorrow as I did today."
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