Is José Mourinho really returning to the Premier League? Has the marriage with Fenerbahce already ended? According to the sensational indiscretion of The GuardianThe Newcastle would have identified the Portuguese coach as the ideal replacement for Eddie Howe, who will leave the Magpies. The Special One wants another bench in England and after Chelsea-bis, Manchester United and Tottenham, he would have set his sights on the team where Sandro Tonali plays.
Also because – we read in the English tabloid – in truth Mourinho is increasingly dissatisfied at Fenerbache ei direct contacts with the intermediaries of the English club to get updates on Howe’s dismissal would be a giant clue. The current coach of the Magpies is in the balance and before the success against Arsenal (1-0) it had not won in 5 league games and is currently in eleventh place in the table, light years away from the ownership’s seasonal ambitions.
And while Eddie Howe’s figure falters, there’s more. Mourinho has already met Newcastle president Yasir al-Rumayyan at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in March. A “meeting” for a purely social purpose, but The Guardian claims that the bond is still there, intact. In recent times Mourinho had made conflicting statements regarding Turkish football and above all on his desire to return to the Premier League sooner or later.
The cryptic statement. “I had never seen the games until I came here, because nobody abroad wants to see the Turkish championship. Who wants to watch the Turkish championship abroad? They have the Premier League, the Ligue 1, the Bundesliga, the Portuguese league , the Eredivisie. Why should they watch this championship? I didn’t watch it myself before. I only started doing it when they invited me to come to Turkey. So yes, I started watching it, but only to get to know my future players and myself team I’ve had three clubs in England, which means four different training periods in England, and I like London, it’s my home, so I have to come back one day, if they want me. But one day I’d like to come back.”