Jose Mourinho faces consequence of Fenerbahce lacking out on Champions League

There’s by no means a boring second in soccer so long as Jose Mourinho is concerned.

The previous Manchester United supervisor is rarely removed from controversy – and the most recent replace from Turkey proves precisely that.

Sacked within the morning

Fabrizio Romano reveals the ‘Particular One’ has left Fenerbahçe after the Tremendous Lig membership missed out on Champions League qualification this week.

Tweet: “BREAKING: Fenerbahçe half methods with José Mourinho as Portuguese head coach gained’t proceed on the membership. The choice has been made after lacking on qualification to Champions League.”

The Yellow Canaries misplaced 1-0 to Benfica on Wednesday evening within the Champions League playoff, having drawn the primary leg at residence 0-0, sending the Portuguese membership by means of and Mourinho in the direction of the exit door.

The 62-year-old coach was appointed Fenerbahce supervisor in 2024, presiding over a second place end the Tremendous Lig final season, 11 factors behind bitter rival Galatasaray. They had been additionally eradicated from the Turkish cup on the quarter-final stage and misplaced to Rangers within the final sixteen of the Europa League.

All in all, it was a disappointing season for the Particular One, who had arrived in Istanbul amid a wave of pleasure and positivity, just for it to rapidly bitter – a sense United followers can be empathic to after Mourinho’s turbulent time on the helm at Previous Trafford.

Mourinho left United in 2018, to get replaced by Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer, who additionally departred a Turkish membership this week after being let go by Besiktas in an identical state of affairs to his Portuguese colleague after lacking out on European soccer.

Mourinho would go on to handle Tottenham Hotspur and AS Roma after leaving Previous Trafford, profitable the Convention League with the Italian membership in 2022.

A Return to the Premier League?

Mourinho’s repute continues to proceed his high quality as a coach at this later stage of his glittering profession.

He has been linked with an explosive return to England as he had “one eye on” on the Premier League earlier than his departure from Fenerbahce.

Nottingham Forest are the aspect most strongly linked with the 62-year-old as their present supervisor, Nuno Espirito Santo, has admitted to a breakdown in relationship with the membership’s proprietor, Evangelos Marinakis.

Marinakis is certainly one of English soccer’s most divisive and controversial figures – and the prospect of him appointing a coach with the storied historical past of Mourinho would represent a assured box-office spectacle for nonetheless lengthy the partnership lasted.

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