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It is reportedly expected that Jose Mourinho will be offered the job as Portugal manager after the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) are set to swoop for the current Benfica boss when Roberto Martinez's contract expires at the end of the global tournament. Mourinho to leave Benfica in the summer? Mourinho returned to Benfica for a second spell in September after agreeing a two-year deal with the Liga Portugal giants. However, ESPN claims that the FPF will likely try to lure the 63-year-old into the top international post after Martinez departs. The report also points out that should Mourinho leave Benfica, recently sacked Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim is the most obvious replacement, given he spent nine years at the club in his playing days and is still a revered coach in his homeland after a trophy-laden stint at Sporting CP. 'I want to unite a country around a team' Mourinho expressed his desire to move into international management in January last year, when he was still in charge at Fenerbahce in Turkey. "I want to play a European Championship or a World Cup and unite a country around a team, as I have already done many times with the clubs," he said in an interview with Corriere Dello Sport. "I want to do it for football and what this sport represents. It will be incredible." In August, when addressing links to Brazil, he clarified that he has his eye on the Portugal job first, telling Sporty Net: "My destiny, in terms of internationals, is to play in a World Cup with the Portuguese national team. I never considered coaching the Brazilian national team. My first experience has to be with Portugal, and then people have to understand that I'm a professional and that I can coach other teams, but always teams with which I have something that connects me. Brazil, obviously, because of the historical relationship between our countries, England because it's my home, Italy, I worked there for several