Mourinho Unveiled As New Manager Of Fenerbahce
José Mourinho has been unveiled as the new manager of Turkish giants Fenerbahce on a two-year contract.
Mourinho is back in management four months after leaving AS Roma following a two-and-a-half-year stint in the Italian capital.
Fenerbahce parted company with manager Ismail Kartal at the end of the 2023/2024 season despite a campaign in which they amassed 99 points in the Turkish Super Lig but still finished in second position behind Galatasaray.
Fenerbahce have not won the Turkish league in the last 10 years.
"Hello everyone, I want to start by thanking you for all your love," Mourinho said during the presentation.
"Normally, a coach is loved after victories. In this case I feel that I am loved before victories.
"That, for me, is a big responsibility that I feel. I promise you that from this moment I belong to your family. This shirt is my skin.
"Football is passion and there is no better place to feel that passion. Since the moment I met with President Ali Koc I wanted to play for you because in the end you are the soul of the football club.
"Since the moment I met him and understood his ideas, his project I wanted to play for you. I wanted to be the coach of all of you.
"I want to work for Turkish football, I want to work for the Turkish league. I want to help to improve [it] but the most important thing for me is not Turkish football, it's not the Turkish league, it's Fenerbahce.
"To finish, I want to say that from the moment I signed my contract, your dreams are now my dreams."
Mourinho counts FC Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspurs and Manchester United among his former clubs.
