Fenerbahce say they’ve opened talks with Jose Mourinho over turning into their new head coach.
The 61-year-old has been out of soccer since being sacked as Roma head coach in January and would substitute Ismail Kartal on the Istanbul membership.
“Negotiations have began with Jose Mario Dos Santos Mourinho Felix for the place of coach,” Fenerbahce stated in a press release to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP).
Fenerbahce haven’t gained the Turkish Tremendous Lig since 2014 and missed out on this season’s title to metropolis rivals Galatasaray, regardless of shedding simply certainly one of their 38 league matches and ending on 99 factors.
Fenerbahce’s Turkish Cup success in 2023 is their solely main success up to now decade, they usually exited this season’s Europa Convention League on the quarter-final stage — shedding to eventual winners Olympiacos in a penalty shootout.
Mourinho is without doubt one of the most embellished soccer managers of all time having gained the Champions League at Porto and Inter, whereas lifting three Premier League titles throughout two spells at Chelsea alongside high-profile stints in control of Actual Madrid, Manchester United and Tottenham previous to his appointment as Roma boss in 2021.
Roma completed in sixth place in every of Mourinho’s two full seasons in cost and was sacked in January with the membership in ninth place in Serie A. Below Daniele De Rossi, Roma concluded the 2023-24 season in sixth.
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Mourinho was sacked by Chelsea in 2015 in sixteenth within the Premier League, whereas he guided Manchester United to sixth and second place finishes respectively, earlier than being dismissed in his third season with the membership a distant sixth.
The Portuguese supervisor’s first season at Tottenham noticed the membership end sixth, earlier than he was dismissed in April 2021 with the membership in seventh.
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Regardless of struggles domestically with Roma, Mourinho did lead the Italian membership to their first European title because the Inter-Metropolis Festivals Cup in 1961 after they defeated Feyenoord within the remaining of the Europa Convention League in 2022.
Roma got here near profitable their first ever Europa League title the next marketing campaign, however had been edged out by Sevilla in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 remaining draw.
Mourinho has gained a complete of 26 trophies throughout his managerial profession, which has spanned greater than 20 years.
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