Mourinho's reasons for rejecting Portugal's offer

The elimination of the selection of Portugal in the past edition of the Glass of the World in front of his similar of Morocco marked the end of the cycle of Fernando Santos like trainer of the combined luso. Since, the Portuguese Federation of Football was stirring several names, so much inside as out of his borders, in search of a new seleccionador, giving finally with the contracting of Roberto Martínez.

Recently, in the back press conference to the party of the Rome in front of the Genoa, José Mourinho was tackled on the arrival of the ex technician of the selection of Belgium and leader of one of the best cycles in the history of the 'Red Devils' and that now will lead a new project with the selection 'Give Quinas' that it wants to go back to raise a trophy after his first conquests in the Eurocopa of 2016 and the Nations League of 2019.

In the first place, the technical director of the 'giallorossi' has indicated to have received the called of the president of the FPF, the one who would have had him like his main option to do charge of the combined Portuguese after the goodbye of Fernando Santos, a called that appreciated and gladdened him: "it would like Me in the first place give the thanks to the president of the federation. What said me Fernando Gomes did me very happy and me enorgulleció".

Later, it related that Gomes no only considered him like his main candidate to be at the top of the selection implanting his particular style of game, but besides it was for then the only applicant: "What said me Fernando Gomes did me very happy and me enorgulleció. It said that I no only was the first option like new seleccionador national, but it also was his only option and that therefore it would do anything to bring me homeward."

The reason of his "no"

Nevertheless, in spite of feeling honoured by the halagos by part of the president of the federative organ, 'Mou' sustains that it had to refuse the ofrecimiento in respect to his commitment with the Italian team. Later, it would not speak more on the subject neither would value the designation of Roberto Martínez, the one who finally has been designated: "it Was an honour, but finally decided not accepting. I am here in Rome, this is what explains".