After deciding to bring in Xabi Alonso last summer before pushing him out in the middle of the season to replace him with Alvaro Arbeloa, Florentino Perez now swears by José Mourinho. The president of Real Madrid has since been pushing hard to convince the former Madrid coach, now stationed at Benfica, to return to “Casa Blanca”. On the Portuguese side, we are trying to find the arguments to keep the Special One. The latter put everything on pause.
It was José Mourinho himself who recounted the latest events. “On Wednesday, my agent received the written offer from Benfica. I replied: ‘No, I don’t want it. I don’t want anything right now. Sunday, yes’. » This weekend, the Portuguese championship will indeed experience its last day on Saturday. The next day, it will then be time for José Mourinho to look at the rest of his career.
The Lusitanian, however, assured something else: “I have had no contact with Real Madrid. Neither with the president, nor with any important person in the club. » And José Mourinho continued: “Next week will be important for my future. At the end of this season, the club must already be thinking about the next one. Contractually and by agreement, we have eight to ten days to review options and make a decision. »
José Mourinho claims to have had no contact with Real Madrid
Saturday, Benfica (3rd) travels to Estoril (9th). The Lisbonites are certainly guaranteed to finish at least third with a place in the Europa League at stake, but in the event of success combined with a very improbable defeat for Sporting (2nd) at home against Gil Vicente (6th), Benfica could scrape second place at the last minute which would send it to the preliminary round of the Champions League.
José Mourinho therefore wishes to devote himself fully to this ultimate objective of the season. It will then be time for him to make a decision after having studied the different offers placed on his desk.
