Mourinho stays with Chelsea

LONDON – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will not take the post of England coach under any circumstances, club chief executive Peter Kenyon said yesterday.

“He’s made it quite clear he’s not interested and we would make it quite clear we are not interested in letting him go,” Kenyon told BBC radio. “He likes Chelsea, he and his family like London, and he is very happy with what we are planning to do.”The England job will fall vacant in July when Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson leaves after the World Cup.Eriksson, 57, who had a contract until 2008, said last week he had agreed to leave early after embarrassing revelations in a Sunday newspaper.Kenyon said Mourinho, who took Chelsea to the Premier League title last season, had another six years left on his contract.- Nampa-Reuters”He likes Chelsea, he and his family like London, and he is very happy with what we are planning to do.”The England job will fall vacant in July when Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson leaves after the World Cup.Eriksson, 57, who had a contract until 2008, said last week he had agreed to leave early after embarrassing revelations in a Sunday newspaper.Kenyon said Mourinho, who took Chelsea to the Premier League title last season, had another six years left on his contract.- Nampa-Reuters