After Inter I will return to England, but I want to win here first.

I have a contract with Inter, but when that finishes I will definitely return to the Premier League, I like it a lot.

The length of Mourinho’s contract? Three years. Just in time for United to look for a new boss.

This could be seen as pure coincidence, but it is backed up by Rio Ferdinand’s recent comments about who could replace Fergie:

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand says only one man could replace current manager Sir Alex Ferguson: ex-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho (Mail on Sunday)

Ex-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was never a true nemesis of Ferguson’s, and United fans may take a shine to the Portuguese manager, especially due to his frosty relationship with Arsene Wenger.

He was also a hit with the media due to his outgoing and controverisal comments. It would be great for the Premiership if he were to return, and it would be unlikely he would go to a team that was not competing in the Champions League. Chelsea are extremely unlikely to go back to Jose, especially after starting so well with Big Phil Scolari. Arsenal would not take him on after his feud with Wenger. Liverpool may consider removing Rafa Benitez, but Liverpool fans do not seem keen after his comments about them being a small club and bitterness about the ‘goal that never was’ in the 2005 Champions League semi-final.

And that leaves Manchester United…

Whether this is all highly coincidental remains to be seen, but I’m sure some United fans would love for it to be true.

Sully Muntari, who arrived from Udinese last summer for £7 million, is apparently set for a £12.7 million move to the Serie A champions. The 23-year-old has agreed a four-year contract with the Nerazzurri.

Harry Redknapp had been reluctant to sell the impressive Ghana international, who enjoyed an impressive debut season in the Premiership. However, the lure of Champions League football looks to have proved too much for Muntari. He was tracked by other Italian giants Juventus, AC Milan and Roma from as early as January, but he arrives at the San Siro looking to fill the attacking midfield gap Jose Mourinho has said is lacking at Inter.

The arrival of Muntari, and the filling of that gap, looks to signal the end of Inter’s pursuit of Frank Lampard. Mourinho may still wait for the Englishman’s contract to end next summer to reunite himself with the ex-West Ham midfielder, but for now it looks like any move is out of the question.

One positive note for Portsmouth fans from this transfer is that Harry Redknapp will now have the money to move for winger Shaun Wright-Phillips. With Chelsea now looking like hanging on to Lampard, they may be more willing to let the £10 million-rated midfielder leave for the South Coast.