JOSE MOURINHO has reportedly been offered a two-year contract worth more than £100million.
The deal includes £52million each year and two options for the 60-year-old.
GettyThe two-year deal would make him the highest paid manager ever[/caption]
GettyMourinho added the UEFA Conference League to impressive trophy collection[/caption]
According to reports from Corriere dello Sport, the Roma manager has been approached by ‘top management’ to head the Saudi Arabian national team.
The deal would make Mourinho the highest-paid coach in football history.
The offer will include a release clause after the first year if he wishes to leave.
It will also give him the option to extend it until 2026 – the year of the next World Cup in North America.
Mourinho joined Roma in 2021 and his current contract runs until 2024.
The former Real Madrid and Chelsea boss is a well-liked man in Rome after winning the club’s first continental honour since 1961, the Europa Conference League, last season.
However, it has not all been plain sailing during this year’s campaign.
In fact, Mourinho appears unable to convince Roma’s owners that he is deserving of a new deal with no new offer currently on the table.
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This could lead the way for Mourinho to manage Saudi Arabia, who memorably beat Argentina during the World Cup in Qatar.
According to other reports, the offer from Saudi Arabian officials is a hybrid role.
The deal means he would JOINTLY take charge of the national side and a Saudi Pro League team for the next two years.
The two Saudi Pro clubs involved are eith Al-Ahli or Al-Nassar, the current club of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Mourinho could then be reunited with the former Madrid superstar.
Getty Images – GettyThey both won the La Liga, Copa del Rey and Spain Supercup together during 2011-2013[/caption]
However, reports did suggest that Mourinho would likely prefer to remain in the eternal city.
Much will depend on the end of this season, with the team still competing in the Europa League, and a point off third place AC Milan in the league.