Mourinho denies coaching Benfica because of his high salary, so he will earn more if he stays at home.

, Mourinho (Cantonese translation: Morinu), who had just taken over the coaching of Benfica (Cantonese translation: Binfiga), denied that the club had taken huge financial risks to hire him.

It is rumored that Jose Mourinho signed a two-year contract worth 30 million pounds, which may be beyond Benfica's budget, but Mourinho denied it at a press conference on Friday local time and joked: "If I stayed at home until the end of the season, my income would be higher than coaching in Benfica, that's that simple."

Mourinho claimed that he had lost money to coach Benfica: "If a lie is repeated too much, people will believe it. So in this case, I want to tell you that if I stay at home until July next year, I will earn more than I get in coach Benfica."

Mourinho then added the motivation to lead Benfica: "I came here to coach because I enjoyed my work. I wanted to win the championship for Benfica, which is something that neither Rome nor Fenerbahce could do, so it is a rare opportunity for a coach or even an individual. Staying at home is not suitable for me..."