soccernet.espn.go.com - 12/11/2007
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Jose Mourinho, the outstanding candidate for the next England manager, has ruled himself out of the running to be Steve McClaren's successor. --- The former Chelsea manager said the job would have been 'fantastic' but he had decided to remove himself from the list of candidates 'after deep and serious thinking'...
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José Mourinho Has a Ride, No Longer Wants You to Come and Get Him
The Run of Play —
For the 67th time since the Croatia match, it’s being reported that José Mourinho has taken himself out of the running to be the next England manager. This account seems to be more real than some of the others. And yet I’ve heard the story so many times that I can’t quite believe it now, even though the quotes seem unassailable, and even though it makes perfect sense that Mourinho would let the England speculation run for a few weeks, watch his image get shined to a nice golden tone, and then withdraw in favor of the club job he really wanted. So why do I still have this addled idea that we’re going to see a ...
Jose says "NO DICE"...
The Beautiful Game —
...after some "deep and serious thinking."
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