After spells in charge of Lyon and Corinthians, how did you become manager of Albania?
I’d returned from Sao Paulo to my home in Porto and been on the market for almost a year when I decided to travel to Milan, where I previously lived for five years. Out of nowhere, while in town, I received an invitation to go for a dinner with the president of the Albanian FA. I said to myself, ‘Why not?’ They were looking for a coach, wanted to get to know me and hear my ideas. It was a great conversation and I was very excited about what they told me – they were unveiling a new training complex,
