The Portuguese coach uses his recent experiences at the helm of the Spurs and the Giallorossi to be clear: he reminds everyone who he is, what they didn’t allow him to be and what they (are) not.
Jose Mourinho it’s like this: even in such a beautiful moment as the press conference for a new adventure he can’t just look forward, but he has to take a step back to remind Tottenham And Rome who sent him away who he is, what they didn’t allow him to be and what they (are) not.
It happened on his first day as coach of the Fenerbahçe who chose him because he needed a coach special also to resist the shock of a disappointment that weighs like a boulder on the heart: 99 points (compared to 102 in the Galatasaray) were not enough to celebrate the title in Türkiye.
The Portuguese is there to win, he has nothing else in his mind. He says it on the tip of his tongue, sharp as a sword. He swirls words in the air so as to keep at bay the noise of enemies which in Istanbul can become as loud as elsewhere. She mentions his story and gives the impression of holding her own.
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As if to say: I am ready and I know what I can give, will the others be too? And he uses his recent experiences at the helm of the Spurs and the Giallorossi to be clear. And reading his expressions only as an attack on Londoners and Capitolians is half true.
Is Fenerbahçe an ambitious club? Well. Did he take it to win? Well, that’s what he wants and knows how to do, as his career achievements say. After all, if he managed to work miracles during the last periods spent in the Premier League and Serie A then he may be able to do something “normal” (which for him is triumph) in Turkey.
“What is ambition and what is a safe and comfortable place”, is the incipit of the reasoning. She takes the thread of the speech and unravels it, bringing with her the attention of the media, leading them where he wants with a series of rhetorical questions.
He talks about Tottenham and gives him this reflection: “My home is in London, having a London club with which to fight for sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth place and trying to perform a miracle and qualify for the Europa League: is this the ambition?”
Then he arrives at Roma and is not even tender towards her: “Everyone knows that I love Italy. Having a team in Italy where you have to perform a miracle to win a European competition and always remain between fifth, sixth and seventh: could this ever be my ambition just because I love Italy ?”.
And he adds: “To be in Portugal, to be at home, to visit my mum every day: is that the ambition?”. Certainly not. She says it but indirectly. He wouldn’t be the Special One if he didn’t do it and let others draw the natural consequences.
The ambition is to get out of the comfort zone, play to win, feel the heat and pressure of having to face every match with that same competitive fury of a decisive challenge to become champion. “That’s why the Fenerbahçe project had an impact on me and it’s time for me to have an impact on the project.”
