Jose Mourinho promised Fenerbahce supporters “your goals at the moment are my goals” upon his unveiling because the membership’s new head coach.
The 61-year-old is again in administration 5 months after his departure from Roma, after reportedly placing pen to paper on a two-year cope with the Istanbul giants.
The membership teased Mourinho’s arrival within the wake of Ismail Kartal’s departure on Friday, with the two-time Champions League winner believed to have verbally agreed to take over on the identical day.
Turkey is the fifth totally different nation wherein the Portuguese icon has managed, having additionally beforehand loved stints at Porto, Chelsea, Inter, Actual Madrid, Manchester United and Tottenham.
A home title winner in 4 totally different international locations, Mourinho will now look to comply with go well with by guiding Fenerbahce to a primary Turkish Tremendous Lig triumph in 10 years.
“Your goals at the moment are my goals.”pic.twitter.com/vBibNiHVpj
— Fenerbahçe SK (@Fenerbahce) June 2, 2024
“I wish to thanks in your love, the love that I felt from the primary second the place my title was first linked with Fenerbahce,” he instructed hundreds of supporters who gathered at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium to welcome him.
“Usually, a coach is liked after victories. On this case, I really feel that I’m liked earlier than victories. That, for me, is an enormous duty that I really feel. I promise you that from this second, I belong to your loved ones. This shirt is my pores and skin.
“Soccer is a ardour and there’s no higher place to really feel that zeal. For the reason that second I met with [club president] Ali Koc, I wished to play for you as a result of, ultimately, you’re the soul of the soccer membership.
“I wish to work for Turkish soccer, I wish to work for the Turkish league. I wish to assist to enhance [it] however crucial factor for me isn’t Turkish soccer, it’s not the Turkish league, it’s Fenerbahce.
“To complete, I wish to say that from the second I signed my contract, your goals at the moment are my goals.”
