Mourinho deadline approaches

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that former Chelsea manager José Mourinho (45) has set a deadline: at the end of the first week of April the Portuguese will make a decision about his future and determine which club he will be coaching next season. Mourinho no longer wants to take the risk of being left without a top club if he keeps waiting until Barcelona, his first option, decides to continue or not with their current manager Frank Rijkaard (45).

Real Madrid and Inter Milan are widely believed to be the other two main candidates to sign Mouriho, with the latter supposedly being the best placed at this moment.

(read more on the Mourinho story here)