Official announcement! Magic Bird has a new job, officially coaching the Turkish Super League giants Fenerbahce, can it bring the league title?

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2024-06-02 09:33Posted on the official account of Beijing Beiqing Sports News

In the early morning of the 2nd, the Turkish Super League giant team Fenerbahce officially announced that the 61-year-old Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho will become the team's new head coach, and the "magic bird" who was commentating on the Champions League final at the time greeted Fenerbahce fans through video, saying that he was looking forward to the new journey that was about to begin.

Jose Mourinho's quality is undeniable, as the translator-turned-coach made his debut at home club Benfica and made a name for himself in charge of Porto, as evidenced by the 2003/04 Champions League triumph. Since then, he has travelled to Europe's biggest clubs, from Chelsea to Inter Milan to Real Madrid, and 10 years of outstanding performances have catapulted him to one of Europe's top coaches, and the nickname "Magic Bird" was born.

However, since taking charge of Manchester United in 2016, Mourinho's "magic" seems to be gone, and the team's decline in results and his "swinging the bus" tactics have begun to be criticized by fans and the media. Although he also brought a League Cup and a Europa League Cup to the team during his tenure in charge of the "Red Devils", and also led the team to win the UEFA Europa League trophy during his time in charge of Roma, this is still a certain gap from the expectations of the outside world. Because of this, he was "fired" by the Roma team in January this year and has been idle ever since.

Of course, Mourinho, who is resting at home, has actually been constantly invited, including some teams from the top five leagues, but he finally chose the Turkish team Fenerbahce, which has to be said to be somewhat unexpected. In his spare time as a live commentator for the Champions League, Mourinho gave an interview about his choice, and the Portuguese said: "I decided to go, but it was actually quite difficult to coach Fenerbahce because we still have three games to play before we can qualify for next season's Champions League (Fenerbahce needs to play Champions League qualification). Fenerbahce has eight players going to the European Championship. They won't come to pre-season until the first round of qualifying, so it's hard. But you know I like a challenge, so if I go, you know we're going to try to get into the Champions League. ”

In this season's Turkish Super League, Fenerbahce ranked second with 99 points with 31 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss, and Galatasaray won the championship with 33 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses with 102 points. The only major trophy Fenerbahce has won in the last decade has been the 2023 Turkish Cup, with the team last winning the league back in 2013-14. In the rest of the tournaments, they failed to win the championship. I don't know if the arrival of Mu Shuai this time will change this situation.

Text/Beiqing Sports Zhang Kunlong

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