Jose Mourinho has ruled out a summer return to the Premier League.
The Portuguese is out of management after being sacked by Manchester United in December following the implosion of his Old Trafford reign.
The 56-year-old won the Europa League and League Cup during his debut season at the club, but was dismissed after a dismal start to this season - culminating in a 3-1 defeat at Liverpool .
Mourinho is eyeing a return to the dugout this summer, and wants to be back at a top club next season.
But as he hit out at suggestions he is past his best, he revealed he will not be returning to England.
"I'm back in London but I don't think the next stop will be in the Premier League," he told DAZN.
"The trophies are the guarantee of my [future] success. Even those who do everything possible to forget [my achievements], it's not possible.
"The last trophy was the Europa League a year and a half ago; some people think it was 20 years ago.
"The last final I played was eight months ago, the FA Cup final. Right now I'm preparing for the future."
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Mourinho has spent recent months attending matches across Europe - he was seen alongside agent Kia Joorabchian at Fulham vs Everton two weeks ago - while also working as a pundit for Russia Today.
And he says that his brief period out of the pressure cooker of football management is not wasted.
"I don't feel that I'm wasting my time [by being out of a managerial job at the moment], because I've been working for practically 18 years without stopping.
"You don't usually have much time to think about when or where you went wrong.
"These months when I haven't been working in football, every day has been very useful for me."
