José Mourinho has been unveiled the new coach at Fenerbahçe.
The legendary former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Chelsea gaffer put pen to paper at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium much to the delight of the club supporters in their thousands.
José signed a two-year deal, and later addressed the fans who he lauded for making him feel at home in an instant.
“I want to thank you for your love, the love that I felt from the first moment where my name was first connected with Fenerbahce,” he said.
“Normally, a coach is loved after victories. In this case I feel that I am loved before victories.
“That, for me, is a big responsibility that I feel. I promise you that from this moment I belong to your family. This shirt is my skin.
“Football is passion and there is no better place to feel that passion. Since the moment I met with President Ali Koc I wanted to play for you because in the end you are the soul of the football club.
“Since the moment I met him and understood his ideas, his project I wanted to play for you. I wanted to be the coach of all of you.
“I want to work for Turkish football, I want to work for the Turkish league. I want to help to improve [it] but the most important thing for me is not Turkish football, it’s not the Turkish league, it’s Fenerbahce.
“To finish, I want to say that from the moment I signed my contract, your dreams are now my dreams,” he concluded.
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