Well-travelled and respected Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho is set to become the new coach of top-flight Turkish side Fenerbahçe after signing a contract with the club.
This development was made known in a post shared on the X handle (formerly Twitter) of respected Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano who revealed that Mourinho has agreed to become the club’s next coach after a verbal agreement.
Romano also informed in his post on X that Mourinho is lining up to become Fenerbahçe’s new coach on a two-year contract after a verbal agreement with the club to sign a deal until 2026.
He noted that Mourinho’s agent, Jorge Mendes has been negotiating the deal and now it is time to review and sign all formal documents of the contract which also includes an option for a further season.
‘‘José Mourinho has just signed the contract as new Fenerbahçe head coach; here we go!
‘‘After verbal agreement in the morning, deal sealed until June 2026 — two-year contract for the Special One.’’ Romano wrote on his official X handle.
This comes five months after Mourinho was sacked after two and a half years in charge at the Italian club AS Roma, with Daniele De Rossi named his replacement.
Roma won the Europa Conference League in 2022 under the tutelage of Mourinho, who joined the team in 2021 and served in that capacity for two and a half years.
