The news, strongly anticipated, was formalized Thursday evening.

Fernando Santos is no longer the coach of Portugal, announced the Federation, five days after the elimination in the quarter-finals of the World Cup against Morocco (1-0).

The two parties have reached an agreement "to put an end to the course of great success which began in September 2014", and which culminated in victory at Euro 2016, the FPF said in a press release. .

The 68-year-old Portuguese coach said on Saturday that he did not plan to resign, but the local press has since assured that the leaders of the FPF wanted to shorten his mandate, supposed to last until Euro 2024. am leaving with a feeling of enormous gratitude.

When you lead a group, you have to make some tough decisions.

It's normal that everyone is not happy with the choices I made, "reacted Fernando Santos in a video published on the federation's website, alluding to the controversy over Cristiano Ronaldo's place in the club. crew.


Um 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗼 histórico.

🏆🏆 Obrigado por tudo, Mister.

🇵🇹 #VesteABandeira



A historical 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆.

🏆🏆 Thank you for everything, Coach.

🇵🇹 #WearTheFlag pic.twitter.com/7emUN6LbZB

— Portugal (@selecaoportugal) December 15, 2022

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This is a thorny issue to manage for his successor… Who could be José Mourinho.

According to the sports daily

Record

, the current coach of AS Roma would be the priority track of the federation, which would even be ready to replace Santos with an interim in order to allow him to end the season with the Italian club.

Asked by journalists shortly before the formalization of the departure of Santos, on his arrival in the south of Portugal for an internship with Roma, Mourinho made no comment.

Portuguese coaches Rui Jorge (under-21 coach), Abel Ferreira (Palmeiras), Paulo Fonseca (Lille), Rui Vitoria (Egypt coach) and Jorge Jesus (Fenerbahçe) are also among the potential candidates cited by the media.

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