Jose Mourinho linked with surprise Premier League return
Jose Mourinho linked with surprise Premier League return. According to new report, former Chelsea and Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho, is said to be interested in the Newcastle United job should current manager Eddie Howe departs, as he eyes a return to the Premier League.
After winning the Champions League with Porto, Mourinho led Chelsea to three Premier League title triumphs across two separate spells and later took charge of Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
He is currently the head coach for Turkish side, Fenerbahce, but recently heavily hinted at his dissatisfaction with life in Turkey, launching an extraordinary eight-minute tirade against referees and alleged corruption in the Super Lig.
The Guardian report that the 61-year-old has identified the Newcastle job as his best opportunity to work in the Premier League again and has reached out to intermediaries to communicate his interest.
After leading the Magpies to a Champions League place for the first time since 2002/03, Howe’s squad struggled with injuries in 2023/24 and only finished seventh. The former Bournemouth boss is not understood to be under any significant pressure, with their recent victory over Arsenal lifting them up to 11th after a five-game winless streak in England’s top flight. However, they visit an in-form Nottingham Forest side on Sunday.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday, Howe said:
“It feels good to still be here. I’m so pleased with how it’s going, so pleased to be in this position and still dreaming.
“I’m happy with the progress but you always want more and we haven’t got the one thing we wanted when we came in which was a trophy. That was the dream, that’s still the dream and still driving us.
“We believe we can achieve extraordinary things and that’s the focal point driving us every day. Qualifying for Europe again is one of our aims this season.”
