Soccer-Turkish club Fenerbahce begin negotiations with coach Mourinho
01/06/2024 10:32
June 1 (Reuters) - Jose Mourinho has begun negotiations
with Fenerbahce over the head coach role, the Turkish Super Lig
club said on Saturday, as the Portuguese manager looks to return
to coaching after being sacked by Italian side AS Roma earlier
this year.
"Negotiations have started with Jose Mario Dos Santos
Mourinho Felix for the position of coach," the club said in a
statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP).
The well-travelled coach who has been in charge of some of
the biggest clubs in Europe is set to take over a team that
finished second in the Super Lig -- three points behind
champions and Istanbul rivals Galatasaray.
If he is appointed, Mourinho would replace Turkish boss
Ismail Kartal who oversaw only one loss in the league but six
draws proved to be costly in the title race.
Mourinho, who has won trophies with clubs such as Porto,
Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Manchester United, will be
tasked with helping Fenerbahce to win their first league title
since the 2013-14 season.
The 61-year-old also helped Roma to clinch their first
European trophy when they won the third-tier Europa Conference
League in 2022 while he also guided them to the Europa League
final the following year, losing to Sevilla on penalties.
But he was sacked in January this year when Roma were ninth
in Serie A. He was replaced by former Italy player Daniele De
Rossi and Roma eventually finished sixth to qualify for the
Europa League.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair and Huseyin Hayatsever; editing by
Clare Fallon)
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