Miguel Guedes: Mourinho out at Benfica, Rui Costa's target | OneFootball

Miguel Guedes says Rui Costa wants to bring Ruben Amorim to Benfica, suggesting that the future of the Reds’ technical leadership may already be heading in that direction. The columnist frames the derby against Sporting as decisive not only for the season, but also for the Board’s decisions.

“Mourinho may well want to win, but he knows the difficulties all too well. Internally hounded by a renewal that is going nowhere, he is being courted by Real Madrid but, even so, Rui Costa prefers not to give any news about his whereabouts (...) Perhaps because he longs for Ruben Amorim, the Benfica president prefers to wait and see and run the risk of letting one of the best coaches in the world leave”, wrote the Porto supporter in the newspaper 'O Jogo', in a clear reference to the uncertainty surrounding the Special One.

The uncertainty carries even more weight with the derby against the Lions approaching, which could directly influence the future of Benfica’s coach. “If he is waiting for the result at Alvalade to make decisions, it is clear he is betting on the coach’s departure”.

Even so, Miguel Guedes does not rule out Mourinho’s ability to respond in an adverse scenario, stressing that “Mourinho, if he wants to, can. He can shut things down, surprise, draw on the tactical experience of someone who has already proven, hundreds of times, the power of mastery”.

But what if Mourinho really wants to win to complicate Rui Costa’s calculations? Let no one ignore that the power of honor does not override the real power of those who run Portuguese football".

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