Jose Mourinho will have a new backroom team when he does return to management after admitting it is time for a ‘few changes’.
Mourinho has been out of work since he was sacked by Manchester United last December.
He has been linked with a return to management over recent months, with jobs in the Premier League and China said to be interesting him.
If and when he does take up a new role he is unlikely to be joined by the familiar faces who have joined him in the dugout over his career, however,
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Trusted assistant Rui Faria is currently managing Al-Duhail in Dubai while two of Mourinho’s other mainstays have been goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro and fitness coach Carlos Lalin.
But Mourinho is looking to work alongside some new faces when he returns to football.
He told Sky Sports: “I’m thinking, I’m studying, I’m producing things all the time. I go to different sports and I analyse them, I meet my future staff because my future staff is going to be different than my previous because I think it is the moment for a few changes.
“It is nothing from the personal point of view of course not, but in relation to the knowledge, to the motivation I think it is a good time to do that.
“I meet with them, we speak, we analyse, we try to produce documentation that will be the base for the next work. We are always thinking so we will be ready.”
Mourinho’s time at Old Trafford ended with a well-documented breakdown in the relationship between him and Paul Pogba.
The 56-year-old said he has been doing plenty of soul searching over the last eight months and is ready for his next challenge.
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He added: “I don’t have any regrets. I think if I have that, I think how can people who have won or achieved less than me survive.
“You can always think ‘Oh if I knew that then I could have done that’ but come on, I have had an amazing time. I’m still only 56, I’m still a kid. Charles Darwin taught me the best is not the strongest one, it is not the most intelligent one, the best is the one who best adapts to the change.
“Change is not always for the better, sometimes change is for the worse. But it’s important to understand the change and adapt to it and I’m really thinking about that at the moment.”