Fenerbahce President Alic Koc revealed that Jose Mourinho’s looting was “painful” but necessary because of his football style.
Mourinho was fired only six games in the season after Fenerbahce was eliminated by Benfica in the Champions League play -offs.
The Turkish side could not score about the two games, with 1-0 loss and therefore instead to see another season in the Europa League.
Mourinho took the lead for only 31 Turkish Super Lig matches, won 23 and only lost two games, and led Fenerbahce to the round of 16 of the Europa League last season.
Although KOC claimed that he was not bothered by the Benfica loss himself, he stated that the way they were eliminated was “unacceptable”.
“Why we fired Mourinho? I will say it for the first time, it was a painful resignation,” Koc told Fanatik.
“Saying goodbye to someone who is primarily a friend was tough. Released by Benfica was no problem, but the way we were eliminated was unacceptable.
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“This gave me the feeling that last year’s football would continue. We separated because we believed that this team would play better football at the moment.
“We knew that our coach would emphasize the defense when we brought him in, but we talked about the need to play more dominant at the end of the season.
“Scoring 99 goals and achieving 99 points [as Fenerbahce had done in the Super Lig in the 2023-24 season] Is our genetic code. “
Fenerbahce still has to announce a replacement for Mourinho, but KOC revealed that it is probably another foreign coach because of the nature of the team.
“Luciano Spalletti was our first choice, but he decided not to work this season,” Koc added.
“Because of the large number of foreign players in our team, we think that the coach should be someone who should be strange with European experience. We have contact with various and will soon announce our new coach.”
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