Roma are confident that Jose Mourinho will remain at their managerial helm for the foreseeable future despite renewed talk of interest from Portugal.
The enigmatic 59-year-old coach is being linked with a prominent international post in his homeland following Fernando Santos’ decision to step down from that role at the end of the 2022 World Cup. There have been suggestions that Mourinho could combine commitments with Roma and Portugal, allowing him to work two jobs, but those at Stadio Olimpico continue to take such speculation with a pinch of salt.
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Roma director Tiago Pinto has told the Gazzetta dello Sport of rumours that he always expected to surface: “When you get a coach like Mourinho, you must be accustomed to rumours. This was the first time in 18 months that a club or a federation were interested in him. We had no distractions in the Algarve, we were only focused on work. I am Portuguese and every time we change coach, Mourinho is mentioned, but we count on him for the future.”
