Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag says Jose Mourinho is an “instance” for different managers forward of going through the teaching legend’s Fenerbahce within the Europa League this week.
Mourinho took the job with the Turkish giants in the course of the summer season, shifting to the fifth nation of his profession after earlier spells in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain.
Ten Hag and Mourinho have by no means really crossed paths prior to now, with Ten Hag not arriving at Ajax till round eight months after Mourinho’s United beat the Dutch giants within the 2017 Europa League closing. However the present United boss is trying ahead to a primary assembly with somebody who has helped outline an period of teaching over the previous 20 years.
“It is a huge recreation for each of us. I [will] actually take pleasure in going through him and taking part in towards him,” Ten Hag stated on the annual Soccer Writers’ Affiliation awards.
“He at all times has good groups; he’s a winner and has received so many trophies. He is an instance for a lot of managers, so I’ll actually take pleasure in taking part in towards him.”
Mourinho rose to prominence when he received the UEFA Cup – now the Europa League – and Champions League with Porto in successive seasons in 2002/03 and 2003/04.
He adopted that up with back-to-back Premier League titles with Chelsea, earlier than main Inter to a Serie A, Coppa Italia and Champions League treble in 2009/10. A spell at Actual Madrid was characterised by a private rivalry with Barcelona counterpart Pep Guardiola, whereas a later return to Chelsea yielded the membership one other Premier League crown.
Mourinho has arguably fallen out of the elite bracket of membership soccer in newer years, struggling to make Manchester United a hit once more, though he stays the final supervisor to ship two trophies in a single season, and taking in spells at Tottenham Hotspur and Roma. He received the latter’s first European trophy in 41 years in 2021/22, however a Convention League trophy does not fairly hit the identical because the serial triumphs he loved within the first half of his profession.
Since taking cost of Fenerbahce, Mourinho has overseen 5 wins from eight Turkish Tremendous Lig fixtures, however his crew path fierce rivals and reigning champions Galatasaray by eight factors. Within the Europa League, it has been a win over Union Saint-Gilloise and a draw with FC Twente to this point.
