Luiz Felipe Scolari admits he could have taken another job in England if not for a clause in his compo agreement with Chelsea.
The Brazilian remained living in London after being sacked by the Blues in February and would have preferred to stay in the country.
But the 60-year-old, recently appointed boss of Uzbekistan champions Bunyodkor, says he agreed not to take another job in England for a year after accepting a compensation package worth about £6million from Chelsea.
"I received an offer from an English club," Scolari told Brazilian website Globoesporte.com, "but the contractual agreement with Chelsea prevented me from working in England for a year."
He refused to name the English club, but has been linked to Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers in the last 12 months.