Jardim Backs Mourinho For Ligue 1 Success
Monaco head coach Leonardo Jardim says "it would make me happy" to see Jose Mourinho take a job in Ligue 1
Jose Mourinho would be a good addition to Ligue 1, according to Monaco's Leonardo Jardim.
Former Manchester United, Chelsea and Real Madrid boss Mourinho has been out of work since leaving Old Trafford last December.
But the Portuguese has signalled he is planning to return to club management in June, claiming to have already rejected a number of offers.
Mourinho has previously been linked with Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon coach Bruno Genesio said it would be "an honour" to be succeeded by the two-time Champions League winner.
The arrival of Mourinho would boost Ligue 1's global profile and Jardim would be pleased to see the 56-year-old add to the league's Portuguese contingent.
"Me, honestly, if he is coming, it's a good thing," Jardim told reporters. "Paulo [Sousa, Bordeaux coach] is here, Sergio Conceicao was here, there has been some Portuguese [managers] in Ligue 1.
"It's a good thing because the Ligue 1 is a great league. Portuguese managers have good experience, Mourinho even more than the others. That's why if he is coming, it would make me happy.
"He has been the first famous manager to maintain his performances and to have success outside of Portugal. Even if in France, a Portuguese manager, Artur Jorge, had won with Paris, we shouldn't forget that.
"But, among the new generation, he is kind of a pioneer in that context."