JOSE MOURINHO is prepared to pay the £5.5million buy-out clause in his Inter Milan contract this summer and return to the Premier League.
Mourinho has had disgreements with Inter about a lack of transfer funds during the January window and has confirmed to the Portuguese media he is "not in love with Italy".
And he also admits that his job is under constant threat with the reigning Italian champions.
His startling revelations will alert Liverpool and Manchester City, who have both been strongly linked with him this season.
Mourinho said: "The club and I signed a very objective contract until 2012, because we want to work together.
"But there is a cancellation clause that Inter will pay me if they want my departure and another that I will pay Inter if I want to leave.
"It's all simple and very objective. There will never be a never-ending story with us as has happened in the past with other people. We are honest people with honest contracts and objectivity."
Inter won Serie A in his first year and they are currently top again and preparing for a Champions League knockout clash with former club Chelsea this month.
But Mourinho's relationship with club president Massimo Moratti has been strained.
He said: "How can my love for Italy have finished if I never had any love for it? I like working at Inter. I like difficult things. So I'm OK.
"My place is always in danger because I always coach clubs which a lot of people would like to coach.
"I always leave teams set up for future years, because I always leave excellent working conditions and structures for those who arrive.
"But if my place is in danger after having won the league and with me leading it again and having qualified for the Champions League, imagine what it's like for those who cyclically fail to meet their objectives."
Mourinho was confused by the initial reluctance of his president Moratti to make signings in the transfer window and they publicly contradicted each other over deals.
It all points to them parting company at the end of the season.
And the boardrooms at Anfield and Eastlands will be on full alert - if Mourinho decides to buy his freedom and put himself on the open market.
Liverpool's relationship with Rafa Benitez has been close to breaking point all season and failure to finish in the top four would almost certainly signal his departure.
Mourinho would appeal to the club's American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks but they would not be able to provide the spending power he would receive at Eastlands.
City have made steady progress since the arrival of Mourinho's predecessor at Inter, Roberto Mancini.
But the Italian is under pressure to qualify for the Champions League this season.
Although he signed a 3½-year contract after replacing Mark Hughes, an agreement is believed to be in place that would enable City to dismiss him after six months.
The door would then be open for Mourinho to repeat the kind of success he engineered at Chelsea - this time using the Abu Dhabi treasure chest that would be at his disposal.
There is some support at Manchester United for for Mourinho to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson when he retires but there is no signs that the Scot is ready to call it a day.
The former Chelsea boss has always maintained the Premier League would be his preferred choice when he leaves Italy and regards England as his natural football home.
He insists he will be fired up by the most difficult challenge available to him and the job at Liverpool would certainly fit the bill.
But so would the task of fulfilling the lofty ambitions at Eastlands where the oli-rich owners intend to provide enough financial muscle to make City not just champions of England but Europe as well.
Mourinho would not shrink away from that type of achievement and he still styles himself as self-annointed Special One capable of succeeding wherever his travels take him.
And he has dropped a further hint that his stay in Italy could be over sooner rather than later.
He told a Portuguese newspaper: "I'm enthused by all the leagues. I'm enthused by not being one of those who opts for easy things, for stability, for staying in the same club, in the same country, for a long time, and for new titles instead of repeating titles.
"All the leagues have their attractions. Italy requires its coaches to be more tactical. The English league is a lot more emotional.
"There's more emotion and more of a show. But I still think English teams would have a lot of problems tactically playing in Italy, in the same way as Italian teams playing in the English league would have difficulty with the intensity and speed of the game."
Mourinho has had disgreements with Inter about a lack of transfer funds during the January window and has confirmed to the Portuguese media he is "not in love with Italy".
And he also admits that his job is under constant threat with the reigning Italian champions.
His startling revelations will alert Liverpool and Manchester City, who have both been strongly linked with him this season.
Mourinho said: "The club and I signed a very objective contract until 2012, because we want to work together.
"But there is a cancellation clause that Inter will pay me if they want my departure and another that I will pay Inter if I want to leave.
"It's all simple and very objective. There will never be a never-ending story with us as has happened in the past with other people. We are honest people with honest contracts and objectivity."
Inter won Serie A in his first year and they are currently top again and preparing for a Champions League knockout clash with former club Chelsea this month.
But Mourinho's relationship with club president Massimo Moratti has been strained.
He said: "How can my love for Italy have finished if I never had any love for it? I like working at Inter. I like difficult things. So I'm OK.
"My place is always in danger because I always coach clubs which a lot of people would like to coach.
"I always leave teams set up for future years, because I always leave excellent working conditions and structures for those who arrive.
"But if my place is in danger after having won the league and with me leading it again and having qualified for the Champions League, imagine what it's like for those who cyclically fail to meet their objectives."
Mourinho was confused by the initial reluctance of his president Moratti to make signings in the transfer window and they publicly contradicted each other over deals.
It all points to them parting company at the end of the season.
And the boardrooms at Anfield and Eastlands will be on full alert - if Mourinho decides to buy his freedom and put himself on the open market.
Liverpool's relationship with Rafa Benitez has been close to breaking point all season and failure to finish in the top four would almost certainly signal his departure.
Mourinho would appeal to the club's American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks but they would not be able to provide the spending power he would receive at Eastlands.
City have made steady progress since the arrival of Mourinho's predecessor at Inter, Roberto Mancini.
But the Italian is under pressure to qualify for the Champions League this season.
Although he signed a 3½-year contract after replacing Mark Hughes, an agreement is believed to be in place that would enable City to dismiss him after six months.
The door would then be open for Mourinho to repeat the kind of success he engineered at Chelsea - this time using the Abu Dhabi treasure chest that would be at his disposal.
There is some support at Manchester United for for Mourinho to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson when he retires but there is no signs that the Scot is ready to call it a day.
The former Chelsea boss has always maintained the Premier League would be his preferred choice when he leaves Italy and regards England as his natural football home.
He insists he will be fired up by the most difficult challenge available to him and the job at Liverpool would certainly fit the bill.
But so would the task of fulfilling the lofty ambitions at Eastlands where the oli-rich owners intend to provide enough financial muscle to make City not just champions of England but Europe as well.
Mourinho would not shrink away from that type of achievement and he still styles himself as self-annointed Special One capable of succeeding wherever his travels take him.
And he has dropped a further hint that his stay in Italy could be over sooner rather than later.
He told a Portuguese newspaper: "I'm enthused by all the leagues. I'm enthused by not being one of those who opts for easy things, for stability, for staying in the same club, in the same country, for a long time, and for new titles instead of repeating titles.
"All the leagues have their attractions. Italy requires its coaches to be more tactical. The English league is a lot more emotional.
"There's more emotion and more of a show. But I still think English teams would have a lot of problems tactically playing in Italy, in the same way as Italian teams playing in the English league would have difficulty with the intensity and speed of the game."