Jose Mourinho has directly responded to the growing speculation linking him with a sensational return to Real Madrid. Recall that news recently broke that the Benfica boss could be a replacement for Alvaro Arbeloa, and fans have been reacting.
Instead of fuelling the fire regarding a second stint in the Spanish capital, the 63-year-old simply insisted that his focus remains on the job at hand in Lisbon.
Despite being sacked by Roma in January 2024, Mourinho confirmed that he still holds the club and its fanbase in the highest regard.
His words, “My next target is to bring Benfica back to the Champions League.”
On Roma, “For me, it’s been the best place in my career. I’ve never felt such an incredible environment around a football team. The Olimpico was always full.
Not even when I won the Champions League did I see scenes like those. My Roma is finished. I don’t want to say anything else. Actually, just one thing. Nobody should blame the Roma fans for not winning. The Roma fans are the ones who support the team, and nobody should touch them.”
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Jose Santos Mourinho Félix GOIH is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Italian Serie A club Roma. Dubbed “The Special One” by the British media, Mourinho is one of the most decorated managers ever and is widely considered to be among the greatest managers of all time.
Mourinho was born in 1963 to a large middle-class family in Setúbal (a suburb of the Lisbon metropolitan area), Portugal, the son of José Manuel Mourinho Félix, who was known by the name Félix Mourinho, and his wife, Maria Júlia Carrajola dos Santos. His father played football professionally for Belenenses and Vitória de Setúbal, earning one cap for Portugal in the course of his career.
His mother was a primary school teacher from an affluent background; her uncle funded the construction of the Vitória de Setúbal football stadium. The Carnation Revolution leading to the fall of António de Oliveira Salazar’s Estado Novo regime in April 1974 also led to the family losing all but a single property in nearby Palmela.
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