Reports this week claimed the Portuguese coach could resign at the end of the season after falling behind Manchester City in the Premier League title race and becoming frustrated at a lack of investment in the playing squad.
However, Mourinho has rubbished the speculation and claimed he will stay at the club as long as the board and owners want him.
He told a news conference on Thursday: "Look, it depends on what you want to know and what you want to speak about.
"If you want to speak about some news, I say garbage. I don't find a better word to define the talk.
"If you want to ask me directly, which I suppose you want, if I see myself next season in Manchester United, I say I see myself [here]. And, as I told when I arrived, I'm going to leave when the club wants me to leave, because I have no intention to leave at all.
"My intention is to stay, and to work and to improve and to bring the club to where the club belongs and I want to stay. And I don't see any reason not to stay."
Mourinho signed a three-year contract with the option of an additional season when he took over from Louis van Gaal in 2016.
Sources told ESPN FC in October that the 54-year-old has held talks about a new deal, and Mourinho revealed that he would like to remain at Old Trafford beyond his current contract.
Speaking ahead of Derby County's visit in the FA Cup third round on Friday night, he added: "I still have a contract, in fact I am in the middle of my contract, I am not in the last couple of months, and my desire is to stay until the owners and the board is happy with my work.
"Yes, I see myself here [after three years]. I repeat, it is just a question of the club, the board, the owners, Mr Woodward, they all want, they all are happy with my contribution and they want me to stay beyond the end of this contract."
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