José Mourinho is
returned to his native country Wednesday. Not to spend a vacation there, since he will become the new coach of Benfica.
“Before getting on the plane, they asked me if I was interested (to train Benfica). I said yes. (…) When I faced the possibility of training Benfica, I did not hesitate: I am interested ”reacted the “Special One” when it arrived at the aerodrome of Tires.
At the end of August, the Portuguese technician had been removed from his functions as a Fenerbahçe coach. The Turkish club bowed (1-0) on Benfica's lawn during the backpack of the Champions League. A fatal underperformance to the native of Setúbal.
Mourinho in Benfica, it's imminent
“Mourinho is a man so brilliant that he predicted Benfica's defeat against Qarabağ. He had even calculated that Lage would be returned ”, imagined President Stambouliote Ali Koç on TRT SPORE. The latter therefore implies that José Mourinho would have sacrificed Fenerbahçe to be then recruited by Benfica.
“Whenever I left a club, I turned the page and I was not responding to provocations”, replied the principal interested in comments made by A bola. The former coach of Inter Milan and Real Madrid will therefore take over from Bruno Lage, dismissed on Wednesday.
