José Mourinho makes a whole people wait. While Portugal failed in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup against Morocco (0-1), Fernando Santos immediately left his position as coach of the Seleção das Quinas, after 8 years of good and loyal services enhanced by the conquest of Euro 2016 in France. The Portuguese Federation is obviously already thinking of its replacement, and the name of José Mourinho quickly arrived on the table, even becoming the big favorite to take over Portugal.
Whether Record hinted for the last few hours that the 59-year-old Portuguese coach would remain loyal to Roma, his club where he remains under contract until June 2024, The Telegraph is less formal and assures that José Mourinho is seriously considering sitting on the bench of his national team. The Special One’s main fear would be whether he would miss life as a club coach too much if he were to lead Portugal, the pace being quite different. A contract until 2026 is in any case ready and only awaits the signature of Mou, who is desired.
