Jose Mourinho says Benfica future will be decided at end of season amid Real Madrid rumors
Jose Mourinho has mentioned his future at Benfica will be decided at the end of the season amid ongoing rumors he may return to teach real Madrid.
The Portuguese supervisor has a contract with Benfica till June 2027 however his contract accommodates a clause that will permit him or the membership to terminate the deal.
“Everyone knows the situation,” Mourinho mentioned on Friday.
“When the season ends, we’ll have 10 days to decide whether to continue or part ways. I’ve said what I had to say. I’ve already said enough — perhaps more than enough — so there’s no need to say any more. What I’ve said, I’ve said. And I don’t need to repeat it. That’s all.”
Earlier this month, Mourinho expressed his desire to proceed at Benfica past this summer time however insisted his future “depends on the club’s wishes.”
Asked on Friday if he would stay at Benfica even when he obtained gives from Real Madrid or Portugal‘s Football Federation, Mourinho mentioned: “I don’t want to say anything more about that. I’ve already said what I had to say regarding Benfica and I won’t be making any further comments.”
Mourinho, 63, did brush apart reports in Portuguese media that he’s at odds with Benfica president Manu Rui Costa, who has remained silent in regards to the former Chelsea and Manchester United supervisor’s future.
“There were reports that came out today saying I was angry with the president,” Mourinho mentioned. “I’m only angry because, I don’t know why, but they [Benfica] didn’t give me my 25-year membership badge. I think they forgot about me.
“Otherwise, all the things’s fantastic, there is not any downside at all.”
Mourinho says he is planning for the future: “Yes, I’ve been having conferences with the administration, the president and the director as I at all times do,” he said.
“I prefer to decide to my duties and my — I do not wish to say choices — evaluation and opinions. And we have been assembly fairly ceaselessly in an try to enhance my squad. This squad is mine and, if I keep on subsequent season, it will stay so.”
Mourinho returned to Portuguese football in September after 21 years coaching abroad.
Mourinho’s side are the only unbeaten team in the Primeira Liga. Benfica are second in the standings, seven points adrift of league leaders FC Porto with four games remaining.
“When I arrived, it [this squad] “It wasn’t mine,” Mourinho mentioned.
“Now it’s. There’s a giant distinction. It’s one factor for a supervisor to reach and the squad not be his; it is fairly one other to have been right here for seven months or so and now it is mine.
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“And as Benfica’s supervisor, that is my squad. Objectively, it will bear some changes to raised mirror my fashion, to have one thing extra of my very own, as they are saying in England: my ‘fingerprint’.
“But this squad is mine and I like it. It is one thing to adapt it to a certain type of personality and way of watching football; it is quite another to make radical changes.
“And I’m utterly towards radical modifications. There are loads of individuals right here who’ve made important progress and who give me hope that, subsequent season, they will be even higher.”
Mourinho guided Madrid to a LaLiga title, and King’s Cup and Spanish Supercup triumphs throughout his three years at Bernabeu stadium earlier than parting methods with the membership in 2013.
