Jose Mourinho Takes a Jab at Galatasaray After Fenerbahçe’s Victory: Controversial Remarks! ‘Only They in Turkey…’

Fenerbahçe extended their unbeaten run in the Süper Lig to 31 matches with a 3-0 victory over Alanyaspor. Speaking after the match, head coach Jose Mourinho touched on several important points and also commented on new signing Amrabat. The Portuguese manager made controversial remarks directed at Fenerbahçe’s arch-rivals Galatasaray.

The Yellow Canaries secured a 3-0 win against Alanyaspor at home, with goals from Dzeko and Tadic, adding three points to their tally. New signing Amrabat watched the match from the stands at Ülker Stadium after arriving in Istanbul. Mourinho emphasized that he would receive updates from the management about the new player.

Here are the statements from Fenerbahçe Manager Jose Mourinho:

“Like everyone else, I am respectfully celebrating today. I congratulate the Turkish people on the August 30 Victory Day. We deserved the win. I didn’t like the first 15 minutes of the second half. I knew we couldn’t maintain the pressure from the first half. When you drop off against a team that likes to hold the ball, you give them a chance to survive, but once we scored the second goal, we closed the game. This shows the team is developing in terms of tactical football culture. I watched our opponent in the Başakşehir game. I saw how much they love to build up play and keep the ball. We worked on this pressure all week. We played man-to-man in the defensive line. It’s a pity we couldn’t score more goals in the first half; we could have finished the match by then.

Regarding Amrabat, our president and director know who I am. They didn’t give me any information about the transfer before the match. Now, they will brief me.”

“Our previous match was critical in terms of refereeing decisions. I say with pleasure that today we had a good referee on the field. I believe it’s his second season. He was excellent on the pitch today.”

‘I’m Very Happy at Fenerbahçe’

“We are doing the transfers together. These players don’t belong to me, the president, Branco, or Acun Ilıcalı; they belong to Fenerbahçe. The technical part belongs to me, but our sporting director also has a say. Then comes the execution part. Our president and management express their opinions. We have a good relationship, not just a coach-president relationship but something more. If you ask if we have signed any players I didn’t want, the answer is no. Our president and sporting director respect my role. If you ask if I make requests to the management, the answer is also no. I only ask if what I want is possible. Honestly, I’m happy. Very happy.

We lost a great player, but in fact, we didn’t lose him. The club never wanted to sell Ferdi. They wanted to keep him. The club made a fantastic offer to Ferdi. If he had accepted, he would have been one of the highest-paid full-backs in Europe. However, the player decided to leave. You could sense this from his performances in the matches he played. He couldn’t show his best performance. His body was here, but his spirit wasn’t. Our director did everything to keep him. He is a very, very good player. The decision is smart and pragmatic. We lost a great player from our team, but he was already not here. We must continue on our path. I believe in the players I have.

Some of our players have to stay out. That’s the situation. We need to improve this for the future. Our president, sporting director, and Acun Ilıcalı have made great efforts to build a strong squad.”

“En-Nesyri is a great player. He joined the team late, arrived injured, and wasn’t fit. The team he came from, our team, had undergone intense tactical training in camp. The players who were already here before him were more prepared than he was. He is gradually catching up. We have players like En-Nesyri, Dzeko, and Cenk in the team. In that sense, we are very strong.”

Controversial Remarks About Galatasaray!

“I hope we play more than 50 matches this season. That’s what I want. In long seasons, there are injuries and card suspensions. In Turkey, only Galatasaray doesn’t get cards. Other teams get cards. We will get cards too. Krunic and Zajc didn’t fit my ideas and the style of play I wanted, so there was a gap in that area. We have signed a player for that position.”