Rui Costa lets Bruno Lage go but wants to keep some of his staff at Benfica | OneFootball

Rui Costa wants to keep Ricardo Rocha and Nuno Santos on Benfica's coaching staff. The team trained this Wednesday morning in a session led by the duo who were part of Bruno Lage's coaching team and who might indeed remain at Clube da Luz.

During the press conference where he announced the end of the relationship between Bruno Lage and Benfica, Rui Costa spoke about the training session of the team this Tuesday, and explained that it wouldn't be a problem, as it turned out. The players were under the guidance of Ricardo Rocha and Nuno Santos.

after Bruno Lage's departure from Clube da Luz. The club president wants the two to be included in José Mourinho's coaching staff, at a time when the announcement of the new coach seems imminent.

Benfica is currently rushing to officially appoint José Mourinho as soon as possible, and Rui Costa has already chosen the team to work with the Special One: João Tralhão, António Dias, and Pedro Machado are expected to be joined by the duo who led Tuesday's training, Ricardo Rocha and Nuno Santos.

The players have already left Seixal and have orders to report back to Benfica Campus tomorrow (Wednesday, September 18). Rui Costa's intention is for José Mourinho to already be leading the team's training session, which has been rescheduled for the afternoon.

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