The departure of Bruno Laz after Benfica’s shocking defeat by Karabag (2-3) at the Champions League League Phase’s premiere seems to … send him José Mourinho On the bench of the Portuguese team.
Benfica President Rui Costa considers Jose Mourinho the ideal man to take over and wants to have him on the bench already on Saturday (20.09.2025), in the championship game with Villa Das Aves.
According to a Bola report, Benfica is in advanced discussions with Jose Mourinho to return to Vangelis Pavlidis’ team after 25 years and after the end of his collaboration with Fenerbahce.
The fact that Mario Branko, with whom he worked with Fenerbahce, is also considered decisive in the negotiation.