Paulo Sousa: I nearly managed in Portugal with Pinto da Costa | OneFootball

Paulo Sousa made an appearance this Thursday at the Portugal Football Summit, which is taking place at the City of Football, in Oeiras. The coach, currently in the United Arab Emirates, confirmed that there was a possibility of returning to Portugal through FC Porto.

"Returning to Portugal? It's all about opportunities. The closest one was with Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, but it didn't happen. It was just before Sérgio Conceição [was hired]", admitted the 55-year-old coach.

In the interlude of the 2017/2018 season, Conceição ended up signing for FC Porto, while Paulo Sousa went to China to coach Tianjin Quanjian.

As a coach, the former Portuguese international midfielder has been in England, Wales, Hungary, Israel, Switzerland, Italy, China, France, Poland, and Brazil, before moving to the Middle East to sign for Al Ahli.

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