Mourinho Would’ve Still Left Benfica If Perez Lost The Election – President

Benfica president Rui Costa has said that Jose Mourinho’s exit would have still happened if Florentino Perez lost the election. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

Stressing that Jose was very transparent about Los Blancos’ interest, Costa confirmed that a mutual agreement would have seen the coach leave regardless of poll results.

Rui further rejected any suggestion that he felt betrayed by the Portuguese manager’s decision to leave.

His words, “Benfica only had to wait for the outcome of the Real Madrid election process because of what I just said. He [Mourinho] was assumed that he would be Real Madrid’s coach if Florentino won the elections.

[Mourinho] would no longer be Benfica’s coach given all the circumstances, in an agreement reached amicably between the parties. He would leave at this moment.

We made the offer when we felt it was appropriate. We talked over time, and Mourinho knew perfectly well that he was the coach I wanted for next season.

He had a contract with Benfica, and we understood that at the end of the season we would renew that contract and not let him start his final year with only one year left on his contract. Jose Mourinho’s choice was different.

Real Madrid came along and took another option. Disappointed? No, I have to respect it. It was unforeseen for us, I don’t hide it, but I have to respect it and move on.”

WOW.

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.