Jose Mourinho is already in Lisbon to marry Benfica: "It is not like me to be idle"

The negotiations are advanced, all that is missing are the signatures, but Jose Mourinho is on the verge of becoming the new coach of Benfica.

The words of the Special One, who started the season at Fenerbahce, being exonerated after failing to reach the main Champions League draw (with the Istanbul eleven eliminated by Benfica itself), were clear when he landed at Lisbon airport, where waiting for him, as was to be expected, was a veritable platoon of journalists.

“Benfica, officially, asked me if I was interested – he recounted -. I said that I was abroad and that, once back in Portugal, I would be pleased to talk about it. It is not in my nature to remain inactive. Bruno Lage (the coach who was exonerated after the resounding home loss to Qarabag) knows that my return to Portugal was not planned. But if this thing with Benfica materializes… who is the coach to say no to Benfica? I don”.