Jose Mourinho has revealed he has been adapting his managerial methods during his hiatus from football and has already established a new backroom team ahead of returning to work.
The Portuguese boss has been out of a job since being fired by Manchester United back in December following a heavy defeat against rivals Liverpool.
Despite winning the Europa League and League Cup in his two-year reign at United, Mourinho's time at the club will largely be remembered for his sombre and moody appearance and his handling of Paul Pogba.
But the 56-year-old has done some soul-searching in the eight months he has spent out of the game and is confident he is making the right adjustments to make a successful return to management.
'I don't have any regrets. I think if I have that, I think how can people who have won or achieved less than me survive,' he told Sky Sports.
'You can always think "Oh if I knew that then I could have done that" but come on, I have had an amazing time. I'm still only 56, I'm still a kid. Charles Darwin taught me the best is not the strongest one, it is not the most intelligent one, the best is the one who best adapts to the change.
'Change is not always for the better, sometimes change is for the worse. But it's important to understand the change and adapt to it and I'm really thinking about that at the moment.'
The former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss has kept himself busy preparing for his next project and has already assembled a new team of staff.
Mourinho took trusted assistant Rui Faria with him to every job since his days at Porto but his compatriot had his own ambitions of being a manager and left United last year to take over Al-Duhail.
Goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro has also followed Mourinho across Europe while fitness coach Carlos Lalín joined him during his second spell at Chelsea and at United.
But Mourinho is ready to work alongside new people, adding: 'I'm thinking, I'm studying, I'm producing things all the time. I go to different sports and I analyse them, I meet my future staff because my future staff is going to be different than my previous because I think it is the moment for a few changes.
'It is nothing from the personal point of view of course not, but in relation to the knowledge, to the motivation I think it is a good time to do that.
'I meet with them, we speak, we analyse, we try to produce documentation that will be the base for the next work. We are always thinking so we will be ready.'
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I don’t think changing staff would take away arrogance and parking the bus tactic where ever he goes,to me it is all about advertising himself and all what he is saying is a please come get me thing. Unless he goes to China or the Middle East l don’t think all his tactics he is using to get a job will ever work for him. Jose is Jose no matter where he goes and he will not complete 3 years in any job so why the trouble of giving him a job the club owners would say. I am sorry Jose you are now only good as a pundit. Coaching from the chair and pretending you would have done better in those situations. I am not taking anything away from what you achieved but time has left you behind still stuck in those tactics that once brought you glory. My opinion.