A new Premier League bench for José Mourinho? In any case, the idea is making its way into the British press this Friday. According to The Guardianthe Special One would indeed be open to new opportunities, he who had joined Fenerbahçe this summer with the desire to triumph in a new championship. But it must be said, his latest explosive statements after his team’s victory against Trabzonspor (3-2) did not really warm up his relationship with Turkish football, more frosty than ever.
“It’s even worse than what I was told. I blame the people at Fenerbahçe who brought me here. They only told me half the truth. They didn’t tell me everything. If they had, I wouldn’t have come. But with half the truth and my guys, we fight against the adversaries and the system”he said at a press conference, in reference to the opaque environment that reigns around Turkish football. If his team, third in the Super League and 21st in the C3 league phase, still seems to be looking for itself, he could well leave the ship if the position he is seeking were offered to him.
A fourth club in the Premier League?
After Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham, The Guardian reveals that the Special One would indeed be aiming for the Newcastle coaching job, his best chance of returning to England. Despite a victory against Arsenal last weekend (1-0), the future of Eddie Howe would remain uncertain in Tyne and Wear, while his team occupies a disappointing 11th place in the Premier League, far from the club’s objectives, called upon to compete with the big names in the championship since the takeover from the Saudis.
The Guardian even suggests that contact has been maintained for several months between Mourinho and intermediaries, in order to be kept informed of the evolution of Howe’s situation at Newcastle. In March during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the Portuguese even met in a personal capacity the president of the club, Yasir al-Rumayyan, with whom he maintains excellent relations and has exchanged continuously since. In recent months, José Mourinho had frequently been linked to the Saudi kingdom, and if he had revealed that he had refused several offers, the next one, perhaps to occupy the Newcastle bench, could this time be the right one.
