Confirmed! José Mourinho arrives in Portugal: Who would turn down Benfica? | OneFootball

José Mourinho is already in Portugal, and has confirmed talks with Benfica to become the next coach of the Eagles. The Portuguese coach arrived at Tires airport just after 6:30 PM in mainland Portugal, and made statements to the journalists present at the location.

"I have nothing to tell you. Before getting on the plane, they asked me if I could be interested in. I said yes, that I could be interested. Benfica officially asked me if I would be interested and I said that when I returned to Portugal I would be happy to talk to people. If I return to Benfica, it is not a career celebration nor the 25 years later, nor a homecoming", began explaining José Mourinho.

The Portuguese coach continued, with a response that seemed to confirm his arrival at the Club da Luz: "I left my previous club four weeks ago. If you ask me if I was expecting to stay until the end of the season without coaching, that is not my nature. I wanted to get in. I didn't want to say yes to any club that wasn't the right one, just because I'm a workaholic. When I was confronted with the possibility of coaching Benfica, I didn't think twice in the sense of 'I'm interested, I would like'. Who is the coach who says no to Benfica? Not me".

José Mourinho also commented on the statements of the President of Fenerbahçe: "Whenever I left the clubs, I closed the chapter and did not respond to provocations, I did not find excuses, I did not blame anyone and I always left with this way of being in life. He has a different way of acting. He has spoken many times, he did not justify why the player who eliminated us [Akturkoglu] was bought only after he had eliminated us. Let's see what happens".

The Portuguese coach, who could become the next main coach of Benfica soon, also revealed that when he spoke of returning to Portugal, he was referring to the national team, and mentioned Bruno Lage, explaining that he knows what the former red helmsman is feeling, and wishing the best of luck to the man from Setúbal.

Check out the words of the Portuguese coach here:

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