{"id":1657,"date":"2026-05-14T13:10:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:10:57","slug":"benfica-table-contract-extension-for-mourinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/benfica-table-contract-extension-for-mourinho\/","title":{"rendered":"Benfica table contract extension for Mourinho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-17.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-17-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-17-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rui Costa reportedly moves to secure the Portuguese coach&#8217;s future, as speculation swirls over Mourinho&#8217;s next move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benfica&#8217;s board has reportedly put forward a contract extension for Jose Mourinho, according to the Portuguese sports press, amid fresh links between the coach and Real Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lisbon club&#8217;s president, Rui Costa, has already made a formal renewal offer to the Portuguese tactician, as reported by Record, and is now awaiting Mourinho&#8217;s response, according to Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mourinho took charge of Benfica in September under a contract running until the end of next season. However, the deal includes a clause allowing both parties to reassess their commitment shortly after the season concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Portuguese manager has once again become a hot topic, with growing speculation about a potential return to Real Madrid, the club where he previously clinched the La Liga title, the Copa del Rey, and the Spanish Super Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mourinho has made it clear, however, that he will only address his future once the Portuguese league season concludes, leaving the decision hanging in the balance for the days ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rui Costa reportedly moves to secure the Portuguese coach&#8217;s future, as speculation swirls over Mourinho&#8217;s next move. Benfica&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1659,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions\/1659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}