What Next for Jose?

Juventus: 12-1

Juventus have the pedigree to make Mourinho lick his lips in anticipation, with 27 Serie A titles and two Champions League wins - but the new board will think twice before appointing such a controversial figure after last year's match-fixing scandal and relegation to Serie B. Juve are expected to keep Didier Deschamps in charge despite rumours that the former France captain will swap jobs with Mourinho in the summer. Deschamps has done well in Serie B and is expected to do so in Serie A too.

Inter: 6-1

Inter's president, Massimo Moratti, started the Mourinho-to-Inter rumours himself on Friday. Asked about off ering his current coach, Roberto Mancini, a new deal, he said: 'Well, I would like him to stay on but you need two people in agreement to have a deal.' Inter have the money to please Mourinho and off er him a bigger challenge than Real Madrid. They have not won the European Cup since 1965.

Milan: 12-1

Carlo Ancelotti seems certain to leave at the end of the season unless Milan win the Champions League, but it is difficult to see Mourinho at Milan. They think of themselves as a big family and Mourinho's abrasiveness would surely be too much for Silvio Berlusconi , Adriano Galliani et al. Ancelotti once received a phone call from Berlusconi at half time of a Serie A game and the president told him to play with two forwards instead of one. Mourinho would not take kindly to such interfering.

Manchester United: 66-1

There would be no bigger slap in the face for Roman Abramovich, Peter Kenyon and co than for Mourinho to quit Stamford Bridge for Old Trafford and the club they are fixated on overtaking. Trouble is that with United playing better than they have for years, Sir Alex Ferguson looks more entrenched than ever, so there is no vacancy. The same goes for Arsene Wenger at Highbury.

Barcelona: 66-1

A few years ago, Mourinho would have loved to take charge of Barcelona and the club would probably have been happy to have him. But six fractious Champions League meetings between his Chelsea and the Catalan club have changed all that. Many Barca fans despise Mourinho so the president, Joan Laporta, is unlikely to gamble on him. Frank Rijkaard is expected to take a year-long break, or seek a new challenge.

Real Madrid: 4-5

Fabio Capello is having an awful time at the Bernabeu and looks certain to leave in the summer, if not before. Real still have a chance to win La Liga, the Champions League and the Spanish Cup, but recent defeats against Recreativo and Deportivo have been so abject that it is diffi cult to see them winning anything. Capello seems fed up with Spain and the club with him. Real, however, have everything Mourinho craves: style, history, money and an attitude. But would he be able to cope with the meddling of the president Ramon Calderon and the sporting director Predrag Mijatovic?