The Portuguese Football Federation is reportedly considering paying José Mourinho’s release clause in Turkey. This was the information of the day in portals of the size of CNN or Goal around the future of Cristiano Ronaldo‘s team thinking about the World Cup of the year 2026. A data more than curious and that collides head-on with the great statistics that the Roberto Martínez project has at the head of the Selecao.
Remember that the former coach of teams like Everton or Belgium is commanding a selection with which he has achieved weight records. He now has a record of up to 20 victories that make him the most precocious strategist to reach those figures with Portugal. It is indicated in both portals that the result of Cristiano Ronaldo’s ranks by the final phase of the UEFA Nations League will be definitive in order to know who will lead the team in the World Cup of the year 2026.
Fenerbahçe is waiting. It has been José Mourinho‘s home for a while and for many his last great challenge before heading to Saudi Arabia or the world of national teams. It is not even the first time that the former coach of teams like Manchester United or Real Madrid has been related to the selection of his country.
Back in 2007 he made it clear that it would be a dream to be able to command the ranks of the nation and in 2019 he even made it clear that he would like to do it before finishing his career in clubs. Different details and times remain to be known in order to know how this operation would fit.
Martínez’s performance under scrutiny
And it is that not only Roberto Martínez was chosen to lead the project for the 2026 World Cup. The Spaniard was chosen after a tough selection process where it was also intended to point out the best possible strategist to command what will be the post Cristiano Ronaldo era in Portugal. An equation not even easy and that taking into account the old friction that the former forward of Real Madrid had with Mourinho would also have to put on the table. From the month of June there will be news.
Recall that Cristiano Ronaldo has just renewed his contract in Saudi Arabia in a fact practically related to the World Cup. It would be the sixth edition that the top scorer in the history of this game could dispute and the last before embarking on a new life. Only time will tell if Roberto Martínez or José Mourinho will finally be the one who should lead him in the only milestone in CR7’s career that he has not yet consecrated.
The Portuguese Football Federation is reportedly considering paying José Mourinho’s release clause in Turkey to bring him back as national team manager, potentially setting up a reunion with Cristiano Ronaldo.
