Mourinho puts English clubs on alert

JOSE MOURINHO has put English football's big-spending clubs on alert after admitting he still wants to manage in the Barclays Premier League.

The self-proclaimed 'Special One' won every domestic honour during his time as manager of the Blues including back-to-back Premier League titles.

But he was sacked in September 2007 after his relationship with the club's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich suffered an irreparable breakdown.

Mourinho has been linked with Manchester City, Liverpool and even Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor, and the Portuguese made it clear he plans to return to England.

"I have, as I said before, three things to do in my career – one is to come back to English football; another thing is to win the Spanish championship, because no-one has won Italian, English and Spanish titles; and another one, when I'm old, is to coach my national team. But, for now, I would like to keep winning with Inter."

The Italian media are gunning for Mourinho after he left striker Mario Balotelli out of his squad for the shock defeat by Catania on Friday night. The two are believed to have had an argument after the previous game against Genoa when Balotelli claimed he had a fever, which prompted him to be sick at half-time. He has now been left out of the squad for the clash with Chelsea.