London: Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon on Sunday warned the Football Association (FA) against approaching Jose Mourinho to take over as the next England manager.
The FA are looking for a successor to Sven-Goran Eriksson who is due to leave after this summer's World Cup finals.
And Kenyon, who hails Mourinho as "the best manager in Europe," said he would say "no way" if the FA tried to poach the Portuguese coach after his success with Porto and now Premiership champions Chelsea.
"He's made it quite clear he's not interested, and we would make it quite clear we are not interested in letting him go," Kenyon told the BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme.
"He likes Chelsea, he and his family like London, and he is very happy with what we are planning to do. We think he will be here to fulfil the plans we have all put in place together. He's another six years left on his contract, and we would like him to stay longer that that," he said.
But he did not dismiss the prospect of another overseas appointment, adding: "You have to look at the contribution foreign managers have made to English football, and therefore you can't rule out foreign managers."
"What they have to do is get the best manager available, and that's in the interests of everybody in English football."
Kenyon, whose club have announced a loss of Pound 140 million reaffirmed their commitment to breaking even by 2010.
But much could depend on whether the club decide to remain at Stamford Bridge, or move to another site, with Earls Court and Olympia reported as likely options.
"Every bit of space that comes up in London, we get linked with," added Kenyon.
"We are continually evaluating whether we can increase Stamford Bridge, which is what we would like to do. Those plans and discussions have not yet been exhausted, so until that's done there is no plan to move anywhere else."
Chelsea's transfer spending has dipped dramatically, with Pounds 175 million spent on players in owner Roman Abramovich's first year, to just under Pounds 60 million pounds, and Kenyon maintains the aim is to bring on their own players.
He said: "One of the key aspects of our future business is to spend less on transfers and grow more of our home-grown talent. That's why we recruited Frank Arnesen to what was already a great academy structure. Fundamentally, it is about continuing to not spend those huge sums of money on transfers, and blend that with home-grown talent."
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