Look out! Ruben Amorim is Benfica's dream again, Sporting at heart of saga | OneFootball

Ruben Amorim is once again being linked with Benfica as a possible successor to José Mourinho, at a time when Rui Costa is looking for a strong solution to calm the growing unrest. Although the former Sporting coach turned down an initial approach, the Eagles’ president has not given up on signing him.

According to Correio da Manhã, Rui Costa has decided to take personal charge of the process and make one final push for Ruben Amorim - who is seeing Rui Borges close in on one of his records. Benfica’s president believes the coach’s past, openly tied to the Eagles as a fan and former player, could weigh on the final decision, and is trying to convince him through a more emotional argument rather than a purely financial one.

The same source says that, besides the sentimental angle, Benfica have also presented an ambitious sporting project to the former Sporting coach. Even so, Amorim remains reluctant to return to management so soon, especially after his unsuccessful spell at Manchester United, the club he left at the start of the year.

In the Sporting world, the topic has not gone unnoticed, not least because Ruben Amorim remains deeply connected to the club’s recent history. It was under the Portuguese coach that the green and whites ended historic droughts, won league titles and restored competitive stability to the club, making him one of the most significant figures of the last decade.

Also according to the same source, Rui Costa sees Ruben Amorim as the ideal name to unite Benfica’s fans at a particularly delicate moment. If the former Sporting coach cannot be signed, the Eagles are expected to move definitively for Marco Silva, whose contract with Fulham is coming to an end and who appears as the main alternative on Benfica’s shortlist.

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