Jose Mourinho joins Roma on three-year deal Rome (AFP) – Jose Mourinho will take over as coach of Roma on a three-year deal from next season, the Serie A club announced on Tuesday.
Mourinho, sacked by Premier League club Tottenham last month, will replace fellow Portuguese Paulo Fonseca who will leave Roma at the end of the current campaign.
Mourinho returns to Italy where he led Inter Milan to the treble in 2010.
The 58-year-old also won the Champions League with Porto in 2004, three Premier League titles with Chelsea and La Liga with Real Madrid in 2012.
Mourinho, who led Manchester United to the Europa League in 2017, has signed a contract with Roma that runs until June 30, 2024.
Jose Mourinho will take over as coach of Roma on a three-year deal from next season, the Serie A club announced on Tuesday.
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04/05/2021 - 15:57 Jose Mourinho returns to Italy to coach Roma on a three-year deal. Clive Brunskill POOL/AFP 3 min
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Jose Mourinho will take over as coach of Roma on a three-year deal from next season, the Serie A club announced on Tuesday.
Mourinho, sacked by Premier League club Tottenham last month, will replace fellow Portuguese Paulo Fonseca who will leave Roma at the end of the current campaign.
Mourinho returns to Italy where he led Inter Milan to the treble in 2010.
The 58-year-old also won the Champions League with Porto in 2004, three Premier League titles with Chelsea and La Liga with Real Madrid in 2012.
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021, Tottenham Hotspur’s Portuguese head coach Jose Mourinho looks on during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London.
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Jose Mourinho took just two weeks to bounce back after his sacking from Tottenham Hotspur with a surprise appointment on Tuesday as Roma coach on a three-year deal from next season.
His departure from Spurs marked the first time since the early years of his managerial career in Portugal that the self-declared ‘Special One’ left a club without winning any silverware.