Jose Mourinho brutally sacked as former Chelsea and Tottenham boss fails in Champions League

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Fenerbahce have brutally sacked former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho.

The Turkish club were beaten 1-0 by Benfica over two legs in the Champions League play-offs and will, therefore, play in the Europa League this season. Mourinho leaves Fenerbahce just two matches into the new season having being appointed in 2024.

The self-titled 'Special One' arrived in Turkey after being sacked by Roma earlier in the same year. Mourinho was brought in to help win Fenerbahce's first league title since the 2013/14 season, with arch rivals Galatasaray largely dominating the trophy scene domestically.

But the Turkish Super Lig club ended last campaign as runners-up and Fenerbahce's failure to qualify for Europe's elite competition this term appears to have been the final straw.

"Our Professional Football First Team's technical director, Jose Mourinho, who has been carrying out his duties starting from the 2024-2025 season, has parted ways with us," the club said in a statement on revamped social media platform X (was Twitter).

"We thank him for his efforts for our team until today and wish him success in his future career."

Uncertainty now surrounds Mourinho's future in football management, although he has previously admitted he would like to manage a national team in a major tournament one day.

"Yes. I want to play a European Championship or a World Cup - to unite a country around its national team in the same way I have managed so many times with clubs and fans," he told Italian outlet Corrieredellosport. "I want to do it for football, for what this sport represents. It will be incredible."

Mourinho was last seen in the English top-flight managing Tottenham, where he got the axe in 2021. Following disappointment in north London and a mixed tenure at Manchester United between 2016 and 2018, Mourinho's fortunes have dwindled since his second departure from Chelsea in 2015.

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