RUBEN AMORIM has only been out of a job for two days and it looks like he might land on his feet in his homeland.
The Daily Mail reports that Jose Mourinho is under pressure at Benfica after slipping 10 points behind in the race for the league title.
They are also languishing in 25th place in the Champions League and the report states that Ruben Amorim could be in ‘pole position’ to replace a fellow former Manchester United boss.
Mourinho’s position is said to be ‘increasingly vulnerable’ and the club has a history of pursuing Amorim.
Amorim actually dismissed links with a return to Benfica back in September after presidential hopeful Joao Noronha Lopes admitted he would like to bring him to the club.
Lopes even attended a match at Old Trafford after making it clear he saw Amorim as a future Benfica manager, but he ultimately lost the election to club legend Rui Costa.
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Amorim was given his marching orders from Man United on Monday after going on an explosive rant after the club’s 1-1 draw with Leeds the day prior.
The Portuguese insisted he wanted to be the manager and not just the head coach and appeared to take shots at director of football Jason Wilcocks and head of recruitment Christopher Vivell.
The damage behind the scenes was irreversible and Amorim was forced to leave United as their worst manager of the Premier League era with a win percentage of just 31.9 per cent.
He did leave with a £12 million payoff, though, making him also the most expensive boss United have ever had.
Mourinho actually commented on Amorim’s departure earlier this week.
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He said: “What happened with Ruben is something that only Ruben can analyse.
“I believe he will do it, he and his staff. Whether he will do it with you and make his view public, that I do not know.
“My career at Manchester United, I know it well. I also know the reason why I ended up leaving.
“But as I always do, or try to do, when I leave a club I close the door and then I do not make comments. I do not analyse externally what happened.
“A door closes and another one will open. That is what happened when I left. The history stayed there, the numbers stayed there, the three medals came home and that is it.”