Jose Mourinho has spoken for the first time since being sacked as Manchester United head coach, telling Sky Sports he still has a “future” in football.
Speaking on the streets of central London just a day after he left the Lowry hotel in Manchester after his dismissal, Mourinho simply said it is “game over” at United.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer replaced Mourinho in a caretaker role until the end of the campaign.
“We could speak about so many good things, [some] not as good, but that’s not me,” said Mourinho. “It’s finished. Manchester United have a future without me and I have a future without United.”
Mourinho was told of his fate at around 9am on Tuesday in a face-to-face meeting with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward at United’s training ground.
He had only signed a new two-year deal until 2020 earlier this year but his troubled season began when he publicly criticised the United board for not supporting him in the summer transfer window.
Fractures in his relationship with Paul Pogba began to emerge in September and the France international was stripped of the vice-captaincy before Sky Sports filmed them having a disagreement on the training ground.
The 55-year-old said he “has not changed” since he was sacked by the blues in 2015 and would not “speak about anything that happened in the club”.
He said: “Why should I be sharing more now, even with the supporters, any of my feelings?
“It’s over.
“That’s the way I’ve always been. I’ve been critical of managers that speak about details about what’s happened and who is to blame. That’s not me.”
Mourinho called for respect from journalists earlier in the campaign, defending his managerial record.
He has asked for privacy while he is still out of the game.
“Until I get back to football I think I have my right to live my life like I do now,” he said.
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“That’s what I want to do.
“Manchester United is past.”
