Mourinho hits out at 'garbage' resignation talk

Jose Mourinho has described reports suggesting he will quit Manchester United at the end of the season as "garbage". The Portuguese manager underlined his commitment with talks between the club and his agent Jorge Mendes reportedly ongoing since October.

"If you want to ask me directly if I see myself next season at Manchester United, then I say I see myself [here]," said Mourinho, who is currently midway through the three-year contract he signed when succeeding Louis van Gaal in May 2016. "As I said when I arrived, I am going to leave when the club wants me to leave because I have no intention to leave at all."

"My intention is to stay and to work and to improve and to bring the club to where the club belongs," he added. "And I want to stay. I do not see any reason not to stay. I still have a contract. In fact I am in the middle of my contract. I am not in the last couple of months. My desire is to stay until the owners and the board is happy with my work."

"I am in the middle of my contract. If I am going to sign a new one of course depends on the club but my commitment with the club is total and I want to stay." When asked if he hopes to be at United beyond the end of his contract, Mourinho replied: "Yes, I see myself [here].

"It is just a question of [whether] the club, the owners, the board, Mr Woodward are happy with my contribution and they want me to stay beyond the end of this contract," he concluded. "But yes I want to stay."