There was a time when José Mourinho would have been near the top of the Liverpool shortlist when searching for a new manager.

Amid the search for a new Liverpool manager to take over from Jürgen Klopp, it hasn't gone unnoticed by Mourinho that his name has not been mentioned, as he has admitted in an interview with The Telegraph.

Having left AS Roma earlier in the year after a run of poor results, Mourinho is out of work.



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"It is not like I am 61 and I want to stop at 65," he said.

In any case, he has never been warmly welcomed at Anfield for obvious reasons.

His abrasive style and lack of exciting football mean that Mourinho looks like a thing of the past these days.

If it did, he would be waiting for a long time.

"The only thing I want is that the targets and the objectives have to be established by everyone in a fair way," Mourinho added.

The only thing I want is that it has to be fair."

Liverpool.com says: Mourinho is clearly trying to put himself in the shop window but it will be interesting to see where his career goes next.