Benfica president Rui Costa has performed down hypothesis Jose Mourinho’s place was beneath menace and mentioned the 2 events are “in tune”.
Mourinho forged doubt on his future over the weekend following the 1-1 draw with Casa Pia that left the Lisbon giants in third in the Primeira Liga table, two points behind Sporting CP and seven adrift of FC Porto.
The previous Actual Madrid and Chelsea boss has not made the influence the membership hoped for when he succeeded Bruno Lage in September, and has a clause that enables him to go away this summer season, resulting in options they’d half methods.
However Costa told A Bola that the membership stance was that the 63-year-old would, at least, see out his contract on the Estadio da Luz.
“Jose Mourinho has a contract for one more yr, it’s not a problem proper now,” mentioned the previous Portugal midfielder. “We’re in tune.”
Casa Pia draw a serious blow for Benfica
With solely a handful of matches remaining, Mourinho acknowledged the outcome in opposition to Casa Pia has doubtless ended their title problem, although they’ve nonetheless not misplaced a league sport this time period.
“You say we’ve dropped two factors; I’d say we’ve misplaced our final probability to battle for the title,” he mentioned.
“We’re now not in charge of our personal future relating to ending second. Even when we received each sport – which might be extraordinarily tough, however attainable, Sporting would additionally need to drop two factors. However the purpose is to battle for this.
“If we didn’t win this sport, the title race can be over.”
Costa mentioned at present the weekend setback wants rectifying.
He added: “It was a greater than surprising draw, which couldn’t have occurred, mustn’t have occurred… And that leaves us in an much more sophisticated scenario than the one we had been in.
“It’s our obligation to battle till the top, it’s our obligation to erase the picture of what we did with Casa Pia.”
