Yes, guys, Pep has confirmed that he will be returning to managing football further on in 2013.

So, where will he go?

It is rumored a top club like Manchester United, but that has probably been ruled out as Ferguson has said that he will stay for a few more years.

Chelsea?
City?
Inter?
Maybe even Dortmund? (That would be amazing, they are already like Barca already...)
Arsenal?

So, share your thoughts here and tell me what you think!

It can't be Bayern Munchen or Dortmund because their managers are already doing a fantastic job. Can't be United because Ferguson is not retiring yet. Chelsea and City are highly likely because their managers do not live up to the standards of the club's financial status. I personally do not think he would go to Italy.. but if he would then the Milan teams are obviously the two main choices but they have went far downhill..

AC Milan

Real Madrid :P

@ironfist: LOL

If he did, can you imagine how smug he would be if he won the CL with them, and Mourinho didn't?

@ironfirst XD

No offense, but he is not worthy to be our manager. Don't get me wrong, obviously he is skilled in managing and understands the game, but he hasn't proven himself outside Spain. Forgive me Chelsea fans who want Pep, but he is not the manager we would need. What we need is Mourinho.

hahahaha :D

my reply was for Lodatz and ramaboy :D as u vendetta may think that i'm mocking u :D

Vendetta I respect your opinion but Mourinho is not the type to nurture a club. What your club needs most is nurturing and Chelsea needs a hell lot of it.

Mourinho might not be seen for nurturing, but I'm 100% sure he is a hell of a lot better than almost all managers at nurturing clubs. He took a bunch of young players from Porto and made them win a Europa and then a CL. He went to Chelsea and took out fan favorites at that time ManUtd and Arsenal to win 2 Premier Leagues and win multiple FA Cups. He would annihilate Barcelona in 2004/2005 Last 16 Rounds. At that time ManUtd were the team that would fall behind, not us. Even at Inter, he would take multiple near retiring players players and make Inter be the first Italian club to win a treble. Even after the CL win there was a scene of Mourinho crying with one of the Inter players. He was like a father/hero to them. The only downfall he is having is with Real Madrid. But that's why most Chelsea fans would welcome him with love and respect. We want him back.

barca

I say something along side like Man City. 

I'm sorry but he did not nurture Chelsea, Inter, or not doing any of it to Madrid. Maybe a little to Porto, yeah. But he is the type to buy expensive players, win something, then leave. That is a fact. 

Pep to Man UTD. Mourinho to Chelsea...

@tdot: What do you mean not the type? Where the hell did you think that? Let alone the fact he was able to make Porto win the CL with a bunch of youngsters unknown is enough to prove he is an excellent nurturer. Chelsea were a bunch of youngsters as well at that time who needed motivation. Mourinho gave them that and treated them like family. Hell, go watch some documentaries about him. From Lampard, Sneidjer, Viera, Terry, and Deco they all have talked about him in an interview and all their answers are related. He is by far one of the greatest managers ever and was really helpful. Fact my ass...

He is the type that detects talent, not just expensive players.

You are getting me wrong. I am not saying he is not an excellent manager, he is. But everyone knows that he wins and leaves.. that's my point. So just because he treated his players like family and gave them motivation that means nurturing? Isn't that what your average manager is supposed to do? Even coaches who run 12 year old teams do that.. I don't care what they said because I agree he is a legendary manager, not underrating him to any extent. & I agree, however talent that is expensive of course..

@tdot2barca

Your argument is all over the place. Seriously, I can't even tell anymore what you're trying to prove.

And if Pep returns, he is most likely to turn to Man Utd. I just can't see him at any other club, and he's had a friendly relationship with SAF for a long time, and SAF wants Pep to be his successor at United as well. And he's not returning to Barca because it's Vilanova's turn to hold the reins, and he's doing a pretty damned good job of it so far.

Well yes, he wins then left. But isn't that what Pep also did? Does that mean he is also a bad nurturer? No, but it's a job not a hobby. To succeed you have to treat players life family and judging by Mourinho's success in the past decade, he seems to be a great nurturer.

I think there are two different things being discussed, and I think tdot2barca is making a good point.

If you look at Mourinho's successes, it's true, he came into a Porto side that were already good, and then won the league and CL with them. He moved to Chelsea, who had a great squad, and dominated English football with them for the next 2 years. He then moved to Inter, who had a decent team, and then won the treble with them. 

Then he moved to Madrid, who had a fantastic squad, and succeeding in winning the league. We shall see if he wins the CL, but he is gone at the end of this season. 

This is success. This is heroic leadership. This is bravado, pinache and managerial excellence. This is an ability to win and command respect, and inspire performance from the men that you lead.

But it's not nurturing.

Nurturing is seeing potential, and guiding it along the way, to turn it into something special. Nurturing is buying a teen-aged Ronaldo, and training him up to become the best player in the world. Nurturing is removing egos like Ronaldinho and Deco from the locker room, and guiding your young/developing stars like Messi and Iniesta towards the hard-work ethic that they have. Nurturing is taking a hugely gifted young hothead like Rooney, and taming him into a passionate warhorse instead, able to use all of his talents to help the around him. Nurturing is taking your midfield captain into the video booth, and watching, studying, developing team tactics together so that the manager and the team are as one, as happened with Xavi. Nurturing is producing world beaters from raw talent, instead of buying them and then motivating them.

And that's not what Mourinho does. Mourinho welds a team together. Guardiola grew one like a gardener, and so did SAF.

Mourinho would bring Chelsea titles, of that there is no doubt. But Guardiola would turn that young, potential-rich team into something awe-inspiring, I think. Something to be as proud of as the current Barca team is to Camp Nou, the great teams built by SAF are to Man Utd, and the Invincibles of Arsenal are to Gooners.

Of course, he may have zero plans of his own to manage in England at all.

We do love to speculate a lot, don't we? ;)