However, that opportunity finally failed because of British Football Federation (FA) chose Fabio Capello.
According to Mou, the failure was caused because he was no match served as a coach.
"Just a few more hours I could handle English. I almost agreed to deal with the English national team," he preached le'Equipe.
"But in the final minutes, I began to think. I would become national team coach, will have one game in a month and a lot of time off"
"I'll be in my office or watch the game. Then I have to wait until summer to compete in European or World Cup competition. No, it's not me," he said.
