Mourinho has a blueprint for English football - all he needs now is the FA to call him

There have been several indirect approaches led by England skipper John Terry and Mourinho believes these approaches have been made on behalf of the FA, since Terry and others asked whether his personal contact details could be handed over to FA officials.

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The Portuguese declined, saying that all contact must be businesslike and directed through his agent, Jorge Mendes. The former Chelsea manager is preparing to go on a 10-day family holiday before Christmas but is beginning to miss being involved with football.

Reports in The Guardian suggest that if the FA wants its man, Mourinho is keen to hold discussions before the year is out.

His blueprint includes restarting the building of the National Football Centre at Burton, the creation of an organisation based on club structures and a full-time medical department unconnected with any Premier League team.

Although he has made no decisions about whether he would accept a job offer, Mourinho has certainly not ruled out becoming Steve McClaren's successor.

That is in contrast with a report in one newspaper yesterday, which declared that he was preparing to "defect" to Milan after being offered the job of managing the European champions.

The article suggested Mourinho is using the FA as leverage to land a position at a top club in Spain or Italy. However Mourinho, who won the Champions League with Porto before lifting the Premier League trophy in successive seasons with Chelsea, has been angered by the report and was keen to send that message to the FA.

"These are lies; Jose is not waiting for an approach from these clubs," said Mourinho's media consultant, Eladio Parames. "Jose has had no approach from any club and no one has contacted Jorge [Mendes]. If there is an approach from the FA, Jose will decide."

Mourinho does have some doubts about the role and would want to work these through with the FA. He would be wary of the tabloid scrutiny into his private life that McClaren's predecessor, Sven-Goran Eriksson, had to endure.

However, one Soho Square source was keen to stress that no one at the FA had ever sought to give the impression that the organisation is wary of Mourinho and added that Mourinho had never given any indication that he would rule himself out of the running for the job.