Roberto Martinez has said he would be “very surprised” to be offered the Spain job amid reports he is the federation’s preferred candidate to become manager of the national team.
When questioned about those reports, Martinez told Cadena Ser that he is not expecting an approach.
“I would be very surprised. I’m not that well known in Spain,” he said. “When it came to football, I never considered what I could do tomorrow.
“I’ve gone from project to project, living the day-to-day with a lot of intensity. What I’ve learned is that in football you can only focus on today and what comes next depends on whether a given club or a national team that is interested in me puts forward a project that allows me to work in calmness and that there is a vision beyond losing three games. That is the way I’ve approached work.”
However, Martinez’s tactics, that are based on dominating possession, would fit Spain’s style.
“What is important in football is that you have a style where players can take it to the elite level,” he said.
The 44-year-old recently signed a contract extension with Belgium to remain in charge until Euro 2020 and he said there is no buyout clause included in his contract.
“This question [about the Spain job] comes at the wrong time,” he told Cadena Cope radio. “All that interests me now is to help the group, we are in the quarterfinal of a World Cup.
“In football, all that matters is the day-to-day intensity and then, when it comes to the future, you never know. What interests us is to beat Brazil.”
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