Roma coach Jose Mourinho revealed, on Thursday evening, that the priority of the president of the Portuguese Football Association, Fernando Gomez, is to succeed Fernando Santos, the national team official.

«Today I can talk to you and say something that you probably are not very interested in, but I would like to thank the President of the Portuguese Federation, what he said made me very proud, saying that I was not the first choice, but his only choice and that he would have done anything to bring me home. Made me very happy. But I did not go, I am here and do my best, ”he said, in the press conference after the 1-0 victory over Genoa, in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup.

The Spaniard Roberto Martinez was the successor to Fernando Santos in the national team, after he was introduced last Monday.

Introducing the Spanish coach, Fernando Gomez stated that “the only suggestion” Done for the former Belgium coach.

As was the possibility of Mourinho succeeding Fernando Santos Commented on by the sporting director of Roma, Portuguese Thiago BentoWho considered that whenever we talk about the national team, we talk about Mourinho.