José Mourinho to work with two of Bruno Lage’s staff at Benfica | OneFootball

José Mourinho's technical team will consist of eight members, but not all of them will be new faces at Clube da Luz. After the official announcement, made on Thursday afternoon, more details have emerged about the Portuguese coach's new adventure, this time with the red emblem.

He was presented around 3:00 PM last Thursday, September 18, and immediately led his first training session at Clube da Luz. In this way, his technical team at Benfica was also revealed, consisting of a total of eight members.

Two of them are familiar faces: Ricardo Rocha and Nuno Santos remain at Benfica, after having already been part of Bruno Lage's technical team, the coach dismissed by Rui Costa in the early hours between Tuesday and Wednesday. The first will serve as assistant coach, and the second as goalkeeping coach.

The other six are new faces at the Club, brought in by José Mourinho to the red emblem: João Tralhão, Pedro Machado, and Ricardo Formosinho will join Ricardo Rocha as assistant coaches, bringing the total number of coaches in this role to four.

Additionally, Roberto Merella and Rúben Soares will serve as analysts on José Mourinho's technical team. António Dias is the new fitness coach for the red team, which, as of last Thursday, enters a new era in terms of club management.

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