Pedro Sousa slams Mourinho over Benfica conduct, says he lied | OneFootball

José Mourinho publicly confirmed that he had received a contract renewal offer from Benfica, but categorically stated that he turned it down without even looking at it, refusing to analyze it or even know what was written in the document the Club handed him. Pedro Sousa says this is a "lie" on the part of the coach.

"Mourinho had two very unfortunate moments in which he concealed the truth. The first was the 99%, and the second was when he said he had not seen the offer. For me, that is the most serious situation of all. 'I didn't see the offer, I didn't have time, I'll only look at it on Saturday.' I mean, it's not 'The Lusiads', nor is it reading 'The Maias'. It's three or four lines," he said during a debate on the Now channel.

Pedro Sousa also spoke about the confusion surrounding the clause. "If he (Mourinho) had left earlier, Benfica would not have seen the 15 million. Is this really that hard to understand? Florentino Pérez did not get rich by counting pennies, he got rich by counting millions. And if he can pay 7, he will not pay 15. At least, that's what I think," he said.

"What Benfica really needs is to turn this page. Hopefully this has somehow served to stop people talking about Mourinho. It depends on Mourinho now, it no longer depends on Benfica," he concluded.

It is worth remembering that Rui Costa addressed this topic last Thursday. "AI video? I was bothered by it, but we received a clear explanation of how it had happened. Internally, it was resolved. On José Mourinho's side? Yes, of course", he revealed.

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