Jose Mourinho was in his element as he reunited with English journalists in Istanbul, offering gifts, laughter and recommendations.
Jose Mourinho entered the room, acknowledged familiar faces and tossed two shirts to two English reporters. One of them was for me.
The room at Fenerbahce's Can Bartu training centre was too cramped for an audience with one of football's great coaches and personalities. It evoked unwanted memories of Mourinho abandoning a press conference in a sweltering Beijing on his first Manchester United tour in 2016. Mourinho headed outside that day. The match was cancelled the next day.
Mourinho is a loss to England. And to Portugal. And to Italy. And to Spain. Any country he has managed in would waive border control protocol to have him back. Despite the language barrier, the repartee has already begun with the natives. Mourinho was asked if he could provide some names for Fenerbahce's left back against United.— Samuel Luckhurst October 23, 2024
"What happened for sure, because it's very objective, is that they keep faith in the coach, they support the coach, the coach is staying season after season and that means stability, it means trust and they are giving him conditions to keep developing his job, that was a difference in relation to me."
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