Jose Mourinho will get angry! »Fenerbahce brought him the required player, but only after the Portuguese dismissed
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published on Friday, August 29, 2025 20:58 / Updated on Friday, August 29, 2025 21:39
Fenerbahce He missed for the second season in a row, with Jose Mourinho on the technical bench, the presence in the group of Champions League, which is why he dismissed the coach. The peak of irony makes exactly the player whose transfer was not resolved by the Istanbul club before the play-off to give the qualification of the qualification of the ones Benfica!
Portuguese technician lamented that Fenerbahce's bosses could not resolve his transfer in time Kerim Akturkoglu, so that the extreme left to play against Benfica. The 26-year-old Turk was the footballer who decided the Victoria of the Lisbon team in the return of Da Luz and its qualification with the general score of 1-0 in the league group!
Akturkoglu's acquisition was made a few hours after Mourinho was kicked out of Fenerbahce, who paid 25 million euros, including bonuses, which will have the bitter taste of an affront against Mourinho!
Mario Branco, along with Jose Mourinho at Fenerbahce // Photo: Instagram @ mjbranco75
Mourinho accuses: “No additional effort has been made for these two matches to strengthen the lot!”
“We play against Benfica with the same players with whom we evolved with Feyenoord in the third preliminary round,” says Mourinho. “No additional effort has been made for these two matches in the idea of strengthening the lot!”
“The fact that Kerim Akturkoglu was the one who eliminated Fenerbahce and, consequently, sealed the elimination of Mourinho is one of those fateful fate that he is playing when you are dearer to you,” noted Gazzetta Dello Sport.
In order to return to the phase group or groups of the Champions League after 17 years, Fenerbahce offered Mourinho on the Stopper Milan Skriniar, the left defender Archie Brown and the striker John Duran, borrowed from the Saudi Al-Nassr team.
“The Special One” desperately wanted to buy the far left of Benfica. At the beginning of August, the Portuguese coach convinced President Ali Koc to insist on perfecting the transaction.
And a member of the Club Board of Directors, Hakan Safi, traveled to Lisbon to reach an agreement with Benfica. Even a private plane was sent to Portugal to immediately transport Akturkoglu to Istanbul.
But the negotiations trained and Akturkoglu remained at Benfica and scored the only goal against Fenerbahce in the 35th minute. Fenerbahce dropped in the Europa League, and the Istanbul club dismissed the Portuguese technician.
