Total agreement! Roberto Martínez will be the new coach of Portugal

The selection of Portugal is very near to sign to the successor of Fernando Santos. As it advances 'The Athletic', Roberto Martínez has a verbal agreement to turn into seleccionador luso by the next four years, until the Glass of the World of 2026, an agreement that would have to close in the course of the next week. The Spanish comes to head to Belgium from 2016, selection with which reached the third place of the World-wide of Russia 2018.

🚨 EXCL: Roberto Martinez have reached verbal agreement to become Portugal coach. Appointment Ace Fernando Santos successor likely to be finalised towards end of next week. 49I Spaniard have had club + int'l interest since leaving Belgium role @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/8sc6phvdc3

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At the head of the Belgian, Martínez directed a total of 80 official parties in which it left an effectiveness of the 75.4 %, at a rate of 56 triumphs, 13 ties and 11 defeats in which the combined converted 209 goals and fit 69 (+140). In the Eurocopa contested in 2021, the Belgian fell in the quarter-finals in front of the eventual champion, Italy (1-2), previous to the disappointing performance in Qatar, where could not surpass the phase of groups.

After confirming his exit, the míster of Balaguer ensured in an interview for the chain HLN that "is the party against Morocco (defeat 0-2) what goes me to carcomer during long. We were not we same there. To the equal that against Canada (victory 1-0)". Besides, it warned the negative impact of the toneless performance of two of his figures by how arrived to the tournament.

"The fact that Eden Hazard and Jérémy Doku can not play in his club and that Romelu Lukaku go back to lesionar just before the World-wide… These factors can not them control", sentenced Martínez. Before heading to Belgium, the technician of 49 years went through Swansea City, Wigan and Everton in England, winning a league in third division with the Swansea in 2008 and a FA Cup in 2013 with the Wigan.

Portugal, favourite for the World-wide 2026

The generation that lead Joao Félix and Bruno Fernandes, beside figures like Bernardo Silva and Joao Cancel, aims to arrive like favourite to the World-wide that will contest , for the first time, in three headquarters (Cánada, Mexico and United States). Probably without Cristiano Ronaldo, the lusos expect to arrive in big form to the next Glass of the World, no without before contest the title of the Euro of 2024 in Germany.