The Special One has arrived in Istanbul! Five months after Jose Mourinho and Roma ended their collaboration in January of this year, the experienced expert is embarking on new adventures with the Turkish giants. However, it seems that anger towards yesterday’s club is still simmering.During the press conference, the legendary strategist was asked about his goals for the upcoming season as well as various rumors related to possible reinforcements from his former club.”I didn’t talk to anyone about transfers. I wanted to see the project and the stability. We didn’t talk about the names of the players, but about the profiles. To be more precise, I’m not interested in any player from the clubs I worked in before, so I’m not interested either one Roma player. I heard rumors that I would like Lukaku and Dybala, but that’s not the case, I don’t want these players. What we need to do now is to go about our business,” said Mourinho##NAJAVA_MECA_8139434##The Portuguese coach then highlighted the reasons why he decided to take the Istanbul job after leaving Roma at the beginning of the year.”The first person who contacted me was Fenerbahçe’s sporting director, Mario Branco. As a result, Ali Koc also contacted me. That was what sparked my interest in coming here. No matter which club I go to, there are always rumors. I didn’t have ties with any other club. I didn’t ask anyone for permission to come to Fenerbahce.”🟡🔵 Jose Mourinho’nun ilk günü taraftarlarımızın isteğiyle herkese açık Fenerbahçe YouTube’da. 👉 https://t.co/BUpsZicrDt pic.twitter.com/hd3husAvLH— Fenerbahçe SK (@Fenerbahce) June 3, 2024 There has been speculation in recent weeks that the Portuguese has an offer from the Premier League, reportedly from West Ham, but Mourinho has explained why he decided to come to Turkey and not England, Italy or return to Portugal…”What is ambition and what is comfort, a safe place? My house is in London. To take over a London club and be sixth, seventh, eighth or ninth and try to do a miracle and qualify for the Europa League – is that ambition? Everyone know that I love Italy. To take a team where I have to make a miracle by winning the European competition and always stay between fifth, sixth, seventh place? To be in Portugal, to visit my mother every day. Yes is that ambition? The ambition is to win, to feel the pressure. You have to win every match, and that’s the reality of Fenerbahce. For me, Fenerbahce means ambition, we have fans who dream and accept that’s what ambition means to me, that I’m not in my comfort zone,” Mourinho was clear.
