Jose Mourinho wants Manchester United stay beyond his three-year contract
Special One adamant his 'commitment to the club is total' and envisages a longer stay at Old Trafford
JOSE MOURINHO says he wants to extend his contract at Manchester United.
The Special One has a three-year contract at Old Trafford but reports claimed he wanted to quit at the end of the season.
But Mourinho is adamant his "commitment to the club is total" and envisages a longer stay the club.
The United boss said: "If you want to speak about some news, I say garbage. I don't find a better word to define the talk.
"If you want to ask me directly, which I suppose you want, if I see myself next season in Manchester United, I say I see myself (here).
"And, as I told when I arrived, I'm 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 where to where the club belongs and I want to stay. And I don't see any reason not to stay.
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"Yes, I still have a contract, in fact I am in the middle of my contract, I am not in the last couple of months, and my desire is to stay until the owners and the board is happy with my work."
SunSport revealed in October that United are keen to tie down Mourinho to a £65million five-year deal.
His basic wage will stay about the same but the Portuguese’s incentive package for trophies and league positions is set to rocket.
Mourinho, 54, is the best-paid manager in world football alongside his Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola, with both earning £250,000 a week.
After winning two trophies and returning United to the Champions League, Mourinho's work is currently being overshadowed by his nemesis Guardiola at City.
He added: "Because I don't behave as a clown, it means I've lost my passion? I prefer to behave as I am, more mature, better for myself and the team.
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"You don't have to behave like a crazy guy. It's not what you do in front of the cameras
"Speaking about my work and connecting my work to the garbage news is to say that the worst thing anyone can do to myself, is not to say that I am a bad manager, is not to say that I am under-performing or that I made a mistake in this game or that game.
"The worst thing someone can do is put one inch of doubt into my professionalism, in my dedication to my club, to my job, to my players.
"So yes, the garbage news affected me just on this aspect because it's something I don't admit.
"But again, I repeat I am in the middle of my contract, if I am going to sign a new one or no, of course it depends on the club but my commitment with the club is total and I want to stay.
"Yes, I see myself here (after three years). I repeat, it is just a question of the club, the board, the owners, Mr Woodward, they all want, they all are happy with my contribution and they want me to stay beyond the end of this contract."