Mourinho announced as contemporary Fenerbahce coach

Used True Madrid boss José Mourinho turned into as soon as unveiled because the contemporary coach of Turkish Dazzling Lig team Fenerbahce on Sunday, the club talked about.

Following days of solid indications that Mourinho turned into as soon as to steal charge, the Istanbul club talked about in a put up on X early on Sunday that the Portuguese manager turned into as soon as to assist a ceremony at their Sukru Saracoglu ground.

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“Saracoglu is awaiting its contemporary coach Jose Mourinho and its good followers at 19.00!,” the put up reads.

On Saturday night time, Fenerbahce posted a video message from Mourinho, 61, in which he told Fenerbahce followers he would “glimpse you the next day to come to come in Kadikoy and let’s beginning our inch together.”

The Turkish club held a signing ceremony for Mourinho in Fenerbahce’s Ulker Stadium in Istanbul as thousands of supporters cheered the Portuguese coach’s title and sang songs.

“Normally a coach is loved after victories, on this case I in actuality feel that enjoy earlier than victories. And that for me is a tall responsibility that I in actuality feel and I promise you that from this moment I belong to this family, this shirt is my skin,” Mourinho talked about in his take care of to the followers, waving a Fenerbahce jersey.

“Since the moment I met president Ali Koc and understood his solutions and initiatives, I needed to play for you, I to find to be the coach of all of you. From the moment I signed my contract, your dreams are in actuality my dreams.”

“I welcome our coach Mourinho on behalf of our followers. He is one in every of basically the most productive coaches of world football history. I’m clear he’ll be the winner coach here, as he had been in diverse golf equipment in the previous,” club chairman Ali Koc talked about.

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— Fenerbahce English (@Fenerbahce_EN) June 2, 2024

Mourinho will change Turkish boss Ismail Kartal, who Fenerbahce parted ways with on Friday after handiest one loss in the league last season.

Or no longer it’s Mourinho’s first job since he left Roma in January after two and a half years marked by a hit the Europa Conference League in 2022 and a series of disputes with referees.

The Portuguese has no longer labored outside of the head five European leagues since 2004, when he left Porto after a hit the Champions League and joined Chelseawhich turned into as soon as on the rise beneath then-owner Roman Abramovich.

Since then he has also coached Inter MilanMadrid, Manchester United and Tottenham in a career stuffed with trophies and off-discipline controversy.

Fenerbahce carried out 2d to fierce rival Galatasaray in the Turkish league this season and clashed with the Turkish soccer authorities, at the side of by taking its team off the discipline in the Turkish Dazzling Cup game in impart.

Shrimp print of Mourinho’s contract with Fenerbahce to find no longer been published.