Deco: “Jorge Jesus is one of Portuguese football’s greatest managers” | OneFootball

Deco, Barcelona’s current sporting director, said this Thursday that he is confident in Jorge Jesus’s work in charge of the national team, in comments to Canal 11. He praised the coach’s knowledge of Portuguese football and also celebrated FC Porto’s current form, describing Jorge Jesus as “a born winner.”

Amid the expectations surrounding the national team and his satisfaction with Porto’s run in the league, Deco delivered a message marked by confidence. For the former player, Jorge Jesus has the ability to transform the national side, while FC Porto have once again shown the strength he expects from the club closest to his heart.

When addressing the future of the national team, Deco pointed to the coach’s track record and the ability he believes he has to leave a mark on the teams he manages.

“I hope so. I think ‘mister’ Jorge Jesus has already shown that he is a born winner and that everywhere he has been, he has won, he has achieved things,” he began. “If we look at his career, at every club, he ended up transforming them, and I believe he has the ability to do that with the national team.”

The Barcelona sporting director based that confidence not only on Jorge Jesus’s knowledge of the players, but also on the coach’s familiarity with the reality of domestic football.

For Deco, Jorge Jesus is “one of the greatest coaches in the history of Portuguese football.”

The message is unmistakable: Deco does not see the coach’s arrival at the national team as a gamble yet to be proven, but as an opportunity to bring to the national setup a transformative ability he considers already well established.

FC Porto then took center stage in the conversation. With the team leading the league and five points ahead of Benfica, Deco did not hide his satisfaction, further boosted by a win in a derby last weekend.

“FC Porto is the club closest to my heart, it is the club I love, the club I always follow. Seeing FC Porto strong again, back on the path of victories, is very good. Of course, when you win a derby, it is always an added advantage, and so last weekend was a good one,” he concluded.

More than a detached assessment, his words reveal Deco’s emotional bond with FC Porto. In his remarks, the team’s return to a position of strength appears as a source of enthusiasm and a confirmation of a competitive identity that he still follows closely.

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