Jose Mourinho ‘is being eyed to lead US men’s team’ as Gregg Berhalter’s future remains uncertain

Modern soccer legend and AS Roma manager José Mourinho is reportedly high on the list of possible replacements for US World Cup manager Gregg Berhalter should he leave the national team. , according to Sun.

Berhalter’s contract with the US national team expired in early January, although US soccer has stated that an official decision on his future will not be made until they complete an investigation into an incident that came to light after the world Cup.

Earlier this month, Berhalter was forced to publicly admit that he kicked his wife Rosalind in the legs during a violent argument in 1991. In his statement, he claimed he was threatened by a blackmailer, whom he did not identify, saying the person he approached American football. and threatened to ‘take him down’ with the information.

Mourinho’s Roma currently sit seventh in Serie A with 34 points and trail Lazio and Atalanta on goal difference, though all three are level on points.

He was also related to the job of head coach of the Portuguese national team and the jobs of the Brazilian national team. The Portuguese position was recently filled by veteran Belgian coach Roberto Matinez, who agreed to take over.

It is also said that the United States offered Zinedine Zidane the position in the national team, but he declined.

Mourinho has garnered a great deal of accolades during his distinguished coaching career, which has seen him succeed with multiple clubs in Portugal, England and Italy, yet he has maintained a desire for success at international level before he one day ends his career. race.

“Yes, I want to train a national team, I want to have the experience of a World Cup and a Euro Cup, the emotion of the short competition,” Mourinho said in 2020.

However, the current national team is still in the process of recovering from the United States’ 3-1 loss to the Netherlands in the World Cup round of 16.

While players have since returned to their club teams to resume the regular season or are in training camps awaiting the start of the season, many of Team USA’s stars face possible transfers to new clubs.

Star player Christian Pulisic has been linked with a move away from Premier League giant Chelsea FC, although any move seems to have stopped after he suffered a knee injury, while midfielder Weston McKennie recently turned down a move to Aston Villa from the EPL in hopes of a move to a bigger team.

As for the blackmail and information that led to the Berhalter investigation, it later emerged that the parents of US international Gio Reyna, Claudio and Danielle, had informed the country’s governing body about the incident in question.

Reyna, who represents Borussia Dortmund at the club level, was expected to be a central figure for the USA at the recent World Cup in Qatar, only to end up being used as a substitute by Berhalter.

Danielle, fueled by frustration over her son’s lack of minutes, made a play that Berhalter said was a clear attempt to “cause an end to my relationship with US Soccer.” He also admitted that the incident was “an embarrassing moment and one I regret to this day.”

Reyna’s father, Claudio, was Berhalter’s high school and national team teammates, and their wives were teammates at the University of North Carolina in the early 1990s.

Now the United States is set to play two friendlies against Serbia and Colombia later this month, which will be led by interim head coach Anthony Hudson.

Reports also surfaced Friday that US soccer general manager Brian McBride would not be returning following the expiration of his contract.