This morning, Fenerbahçe fired Ismael Kartal and instantly named Jose Mourinho as his successor, causing an earthquake in the football world. The famous Portuguese and the Turkish club have agreed on a two-year deal, and it is expected that the deal will become official soon. Mourinho’s name was first linked with Fenerbahce a month ago as an idea of Aziz Yildirim, a candidate for the club’s president. However, in the meantime, the current Fenerbahce president, Ali Koc, made the same plan.🟡🔵🇵🇹 José Mourinho’s verbal agreement with Fenerbahçe is on two year contract valid until June 2026.It will also include an option for further season.Jorge Mendes has been negotiating the deal and now time to review, sign all formal documents.Here we go soon! 🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/rsSZYCUKjO— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 31, 2024 In fact, the key figure in the whole deal is Mario Branco, the current sporting director of Fenerbahce and Mourinho’s compatriot. Branco negotiated with Mourinho over the previous weeks and eventually reached a final agreement. A two-year contract has been signed with an option for a third one, and president Ali Koc will fly to London today, where he will watch the Champions League final in Mourinho’s company. It is expected that they will travel to Istanbul together after the finals.On June 8th and 9th, Fenerbahce’s presidential elections are being held, with Ali Koc and Aziz Yildirim as candidates. The latter one was the president of the club from 1998 to 2018, when he lost to Koc. A period of four years without a title cost him the presidency, but even Koc failed to win the Turkish Süper Lig in six years despite huge investments. Last season, Fenerbahçe won as many as 99 points in the championship but again finished behind Galatasaray.It’s never dull with Mou: “It’s difficult to understand why I was sacked by Roma”That’s why Yildirim promised to bring the Special One a month ago as a guarantee of winning the title, but Koc “stole” his strongest pre-election promise, and thanks to Branco, he reached an agreement with Mourinho. The financial details of the contract are unknown, but the Turkish media mentions the annual salary of as much as 15 million euros for the Portuguese. That would not be strange for the presidential mandate of Ali Koc, who is rather generous and this summer brought in big and expensive names like Dzeko, Tadic, Fred… Fenerbahce currently spend around 190 million euros for salaries on an annual basis, and the club’s debt is increased to over 300 million euros during Koc’s tenure.Mou reveals he turned down England in 2007Mourinho has been without a job since he was fired by Roma last autumn, and this will be his first job outside the top five leagues after 20 years. In his homeland, he led Benfica, Leiria and Porto, where he established himself as a world-class manager. He later managed Chelsea (two terms), Inter, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham and finally Roma.##NAJAVA_MECA_8136613##
