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Jose Mourinho reacts to Chelsea & PSG job rumours after seeing future as Roma boss called into question.
In regards to replacing Christophe Galtier as head coach at Parc des Princes for the upcoming season, Jose Mourinho has rejected any offers from Paris Saint-Germain.
Galtier is under a lot of pressure at PSG after watching his side lose in the first round of the Champions League, thus extending the squad’s fruitless quest for European success.
PSG has struggled in the Coupe de France as well. And while another Ligue 1 championship is imminent, it hasn’t exactly been as compelling as hoped or anticipated.
Mourinho, on the other hand, has at least partially restored his image after things swiftly went south for him at Manchester United and a stint at Tottenham broke his outstanding streak of winning at least two championships at every club he had been at since being hired by Porto in 2002.
The Portuguese arrived in Roma in 2021, and they ended the previous campaign by winning the inaugural Europa Conference League championship. His squad is currently playing in the semifinals of the Europa League and is still in the running to finish in the top four of Serie A and qualify for the Champions League.
That and the fact that Mourinho’s long-term ally, Luis Campos, has taken on a football advisor role at PSG over the last 11 months has led to speculation of a reunion in the French capital.
Campos worked with Mourinho as a scout and analyst at Real Madrid after coaching against him more than 20 years ago in Portugal.
Since then, he has done a lot of work in France and put together the teams for Monaco and Lille, who won Ligue 1 in 2017 and 2021, respectively. These two teams are the only ones to have won the title outside of PSG in more than ten years.
But, as far as Mourinho is concerned, PSG need to get in touch if they want him.
“If they looked for me, they didn’t find me, they haven’t reached out to me,” he told Sky Sport Italia.
Galtier, who has a contract with PSG until 2024, is publicly adamant he is staying put.
“I plan to be the coach of Paris Saint-Germain,” he said recently.
“We are working with Luis Campos on building the squad for next season. On the changes we wish to bring to improve the team, to have more variety in our game, be that through a different setup or having a better balance. We have been working on that in the last few weeks.”