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Manager Jose Mourinho
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"Jose Mourinho continues to bitterly criticise his former home, insisting Roma and Tottenham ‘did not play to win’ and Italy ‘don’t have a very talented squad’ for EURO 2024.
The coach was sacked by the Giallorossi in mid-January, having won the Conference League and reached the Europa League Final, but failed to qualify for the Champions League.
He has now taken on a new job at Fenerbahce and used his past experiences to set the scene for this different role.
“What made me accept the Fenerbahce job was that I missed playing to win, training to win,” Mourinho told RTP.
“At Roma, I didn’t play to win. You always have to say that you play to win, but it’s not true. It wasn’t true and nothing changed after I left to the end of the championship.
“What we achieved in Europe was a little bit outside the norm, but on a national level, we were unable to compete. Fenerbahce will have its difficulties in Europe, but nationally it is historically between Fenerbahce, Besiktas, Galatasaray and sometimes Trabzonspor.
“I am motivated by challenging to win a league title and I missed that at Roma, I missed it at Tottenham, and I miss playing to win.”"
(source: Football Italia, Mourinho blasted Italy at EURO 2024, weak Roma and Tottenham 'did not play to win')
The coach was sacked by the Giallorossi in mid-January, having won the Conference League and reached the Europa League Final, but failed to qualify for the Champions League.
He has now taken on a new job at Fenerbahce and used his past experiences to set the scene for this different role.
“What made me accept the Fenerbahce job was that I missed playing to win, training to win,” Mourinho told RTP.
“At Roma, I didn’t play to win. You always have to say that you play to win, but it’s not true. It wasn’t true and nothing changed after I left to the end of the championship.
“What we achieved in Europe was a little bit outside the norm, but on a national level, we were unable to compete. Fenerbahce will have its difficulties in Europe, but nationally it is historically between Fenerbahce, Besiktas, Galatasaray and sometimes Trabzonspor.
“I am motivated by challenging to win a league title and I missed that at Roma, I missed it at Tottenham, and I miss playing to win.”"
(source: Football Italia, Mourinho blasted Italy at EURO 2024, weak Roma and Tottenham 'did not play to win')
Jose Mourinho fires clear Tottenham dig after Champions League draw
jose old son, feeling is mutual 99.9% of the Tottenham fan base would dearly love to scrub you completely out of our history and forget you ever darkened our door……
jose old son, feeling is mutual 99.9% of the Tottenham fan base would dearly love to scrub you completely out of our history and forget you ever darkened our door……
I'd want to wipe it from memory too if I'd taken a team comprising Bale + peak Son & Kane that were 2-0 up from the 1st leg and got them beaten by a manager that was banged up in a Croatian prison!
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Jose Mourinho repeats 'can't speak' line after Fenerbahce Champions League exit
And of course he blames the ref, nothing is ever this has been's fault.
And of course he blames the ref, nothing is ever this has been's fault.
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Fuck Jose.
But he did have a few moments over the decades.
Shithousery award for the Galatasaray media team.
Seriously though, Fenerbache have Edin Dzeko up front, surely he's about 58 years old now?
Wouldn't surprise me if there's a few "Mourinho out" people in the Fenerbache fanbase, losing to Galatasaray at home is a bit unforgivable to them I'd assume.
Just googled the Galatasaray manager, fucking hell, won Turkish Cup and the League with 2 unfancied sides and won the league with 102 points last season. One to watch out for !
Such is the dominance of the league by these two clubs usually the title boils down to the derby’s, they both win almost all the other games.
The only thing I've consistently given him credit for is his intelligence in the media, his ability to bend them to his will and how they hang on every word he says. But the dinosaur is gonna regret this massively when all his titles get taken off him when Chavs get found out.
View: https://x.com/IndyFootball/status/1849068856075002339
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Pretty short-sighted on his part, but he'd still have that United one to cling to.
Fuck being a retrospective champ though. Can't celebrate that shit.... You don't get to feel the glory.
Just burn the cheaty (not-)champs from the record books and relegate them.