Jose Mourinho is back in management after being appointed as the new Benfica manager. But despite signing a deal until the summer of 2027, the Portuguese, who has succeeded former Wolves boss Bruno Lage, might not be there for long necessarily.
The former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur manager returns to the dugout less than a month after being dismissed by Fenerbahce, having lost his job after losing to Benfica - of all teams - in the Champions League play-offs. Mourinho actually started his managerial career at Benfica in 2000, and now returns to the club after they sacked Lage following their shock defeat to Qarabag on Tuesday night.
His deal with the Portuguese giants includes an option for the club and Mourinho to decide against continuing their relationship for another campaign up to 10 days after the end of the 2025/26 season.
Part of the reasoning behind such a clause - and Lage's swift sacking - could be the fact that Benfica's presidential elections take place on October 25.
However, current Benfica president Rui Costa insists the decision was not motivated by his desire to get re-elected.
"I'm not here to save any positions," Costa said. "I haven't even gone anywhere to campaign yet, because my goal, as president of Benfica, is to ensure the best future for Benfica, regardless of what happens in the elections.
"And this decision-making has to do solely and exclusively with Benfica's sporting season, and to avoid jeopardising Benfica's sporting season. I've never put my interests ahead of Benfica's, and I'm not going to do so now."
Joao Noronha Lopes is currently the favourite to win the election and he has set his sights on Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim, having attended Sunday's Manchester derby at the Etihad Stadium.
However, fellow presidential candidate Wristovao Carvalho - who is one of six contenders for the top job - has his own managerial target in mind - former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
The 52-year-old lawyer insists he can convince the German to take over Estadio da Luz, and he even believes that together they can win the Champions League.
And in an interview with Desporto ao Minuto, he claims to have already been in contact with Klopp - and that the former Reds boss has already suggested he would be open to the opportunity.
"I only see one person, and if I win the election, which I think I will, one of the first things I'll do is immediately open the door, which is ajar," he said. "My team has already knocked on the door, already said what they wanted, and the door has remained ajar. It stopped there, because now is not the time.
"What I'll do is sit down with Jurgen Klopp the following week and convince him that I have a plan for him to coach Benfica and win a Champions League. I believe I'll convince him.
"Yes. The door is ajar. Jurgen Klopp is the only coach I've seen who's ever said something that touched my heart: "I'd like to coach Benfica." He said it. Not now. In a project of continuity, a project of security, with the right people and the right team, he's the right coach for my project.
"Especially because he has the very characteristics of someone who enjoys creating and implementing projects. He would be that inspiring person. I'm convinced that in five or six years he would lead us to win the 'big-eared'.
"And that's my goal, and I always aim high. If it can't be Jurgen Klopp, it will be a coach at that level. I have no doubt about that.
"The key to winning a Champions League is a coach who motivates. Not only the team but, also, the fans. Because Benfica is very big, and the pressure is immense.
"It takes a coach with this level of recognition to be able to leverage a project of this magnitude and for me to be able to motivate my team.
"And I promise that when things don't go so well, I won't abandon him. We have a project that will last."
He continued: "I'm an absolutely determined man. If I started thinking about a plan B, I'd already be weakening my plan A.
"I've never done that. Because plan B, in my head, exists only for statistical reasons. I fight to the end for plan A. And when I'm convinced, I rarely fail.
"If I fail, I have time to quickly come up with a plan B. But I don't think about that. I don't even have a plan B.
"This is my plan. It could happen that the coach isn't available at that time, for example.
"This [Klopp] is the one available, and he's the one my team and I identified among the profiles of seven or eight coaches as ideal for our project. Which is to build from the ground up.
"And with the controlled resources we have. With Benfica's investment capacity, he's the right person for it.
"I think I'll convince him, and the door is already ajar. When he sees the people, the security and the financial aspect, the challenge we're going to present him, the highly professional scouting team we're going to build, which Benfica has and hasn't lost.
"When he sees our academy. When he sees that we only have champions in our academy. We've had MVPs.
"Why haven't these players made it to the first team? They need to be in immediately.
"And when he sees this, feels it, and is here with us, I'm sure he'll be delighted. And he'll lead us to a Champions League win. I'm sure of it."
Klopp stood down as Liverpool manager in the summer of 2024 before later taking over as Head of Global Football at the Red Bull Group.
He has since suggested on more than one occasion that he has retired from management, though he has continued to be linked with a number of positions, including manager of the Germany national team.