Rui Costa and Jorge Mendes meeting lasted hours; all the details | OneFootball

The renewal proposal for José Mourinho with Benfica was only formally submitted last Wednesday, in a meeting between Rui Costa and Jorge Mendes. The Benfica coach confirmed this Friday that he had received an offer to extend his contract.

Although the official delivery only took place this week, both Jorge Mendes and Mourinho had already been aware for some time of the Benfica board’s intention to move forward with the renewal. The delay in the process was linked to difficulties in aligning schedules, as the Portuguese agent’s professional commitments prevented an earlier meeting with Rui Costa.

According to the newspaper 'Record', the meeting between Benfica’s president and Jorge Mendes lasted several hours and was not only used to discuss Mourinho’s future. Also on the table were several topics related to planning for next season and possible moves in the transfer market, at a time when Benfica’s structure has already begun preparing for 2026/27.

Even so, Mourinho chose to postpone any analysis of the proposal presented by Benfica. At the press conference ahead of the match against Estoril Praia, the coach revealed that he had asked his agent not to show him the document before the end of the championship.

The Portuguese manager also took the opportunity to once again dismiss the rumours linking him with Real Madrid, guaranteeing that there had been no contact between the two parties: “With Real Madrid I have had no contact whatsoever, neither with the president nor with any important person in their structure, I have nothing,” he assured.

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