Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has clarified his future after causing controversy with comments regarding a possible return to England.
Bernabeu boss also discusses January transfer plans
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has clarified his future after causing controversy with comments regarding his possible return to England. The former Chelsea boss talked about the potential of going back to the Premier League in a "couple of years" during an interview earlier this week. But in clarifying those comments he is adamant that did not mean he was looking to leave Real any time soon. "You don't translate 'a couple of years' literally, it's an English expression to mean a few years, not exactly two. It could be two, three, four, 20, you never know," Mourinho, who signed an initial four-year deal when becoming Real coach in 2010, told the club's official website. "Everyone knows that I enjoyed being in England a lot and everyone knows that one day England will be a natural destination for me, because in my career, which I hope will be 20 years or more, one day I will have to look for a destination. "Now I'm not thinking about that, because I'm at Real Madrid
The Blues have made a lacklustre start to the defence of their Premier League title and also lost their second Champions League pool game at Porto.
However, they returned to winning ways with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge last Saturday before a 0-0 draw at Dynamo Kiev, a match Mourinho thinks they were unlucky not to win.
Eden Hazard won awards for his brilliant displays last season but has struggled to replicate his form this term and did not start against Villa.
However, he returned in Kiev and Mourinho remarked approvingly: "Hazard played the last match for 90 minutes and was part of the compact team."
When asked if Hazard would start at Upton Park, Mourinho replied: "I don't know. You have lots of people giving an opinion (about Hazard's form this season), I prefer not to individualise."
Mourinho is certainly expecting a tough match on Saturday and said: "Look to the table.
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