Unexpected! Ex-Benfica man no longer tipped to succeed Roberto Martínez | OneFootball

Jorge Jesus, by all accounts, will not be the next national team manager. At a time when the former Benfica coach was seen as one of the favorites to succeed Roberto Martínez in charge of Portugal after the World Cup, he is now closer to returning to Fenerbahçe, a club with which the Portuguese coach has a meeting scheduled.

According to Record, Jorge Jesus will leave Al Nassr at the end of the season, after stating that he will not renew with the Saudi club, where former Benfica academy product João Félix also plays. This information, as the sports daily explained, has already been passed on to José Semedo and Simão Coutinho, CEO and sporting director, respectively, of the Riyadh club.

The same newspaper assures that, at the end of the season, Jorge Jesus will have a meeting scheduled in Lisbon with Fenerbahçe, the club the former Benfica coach managed in the 2022/23 season, where he won a Turkish Cup. It is worth recalling that the club is looking for a new coach after dismissing Domenico Tedesco.

If this scenario is confirmed, Jorge Jesus will then return to Europe, not to manage the national team, but to take over as Fenerbahçe coach. With the 71-year-old manager out of the equation, Pedro Proença and the FPF structure will have to find another solution for the post-Roberto Martínez era.

At the moment, . This Saturday afternoon, the coach will lead the Riyadh side in the Asian Champions League 2 final against Gamba Osaka and, days later, he could secure another trophy by winning the Saudi league alongside fellow countrymen João Félix and Cristiano Ronaldo.

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