Fenerbahce betrayed Mourinho?

Fenerbahce "betrayed" Mourinho? The four strong aids quickly joined after firing the coach and aroused public anger

On August 28, 2025, Fenerbahce lost to Benfica with a total score of 0-1 in the Champions League qualifiers, missing the Champions League main match for the second consecutive season. Just a few days after the game, the club announced the firing of head coach Jose Mourinho. However, this decision quickly caused an uproar, especially after the club signed four major new players in one go, public opinion was completely ignited - many Fenerbahce fans believed that the team's management not only failed Mourinho's trust, but also "back-sting" the meritorious coach in transfer operations.

It is sad that these four new players - Marco Asensio (joined from Paris Saint-Germain), Ederson (joined from Manchester City), Kerem Akturkogru (joined from Benfica) and Ederson Alvarez (joined from West Ham United) - were all quickly finalized in the final stage of the summer transfer window after Mourinho was fired.

More importantly, according to the Portuguese media "The Ball", these four players are actually the signing targets that Mourinho had recommended to the club's senior management as early as early this summer. However, the management has not taken action for a long time. It was not until the team missed the Champions League and lost tens of millions of euros that it finally "opened the gate" and completed these signings.

This series of operations made the fans furious. Many people believe that Mourinho is not the source of failure, and the real problem is that the club fails to provide sufficient lineup support in a timely manner. Now that he has only signed the player he wants after firing the coach, it is tantamount to publicly admitting that the responsibility for failure is not the coach, but the slowness and short-sightedness of the management.

"Morlinho is so pitiful that Fenerbahce betrayed him." A fan spoke out angrily on social media, and this view quickly resonated with a lot of sympathy. Many fans said that if these strong players joined earlier, Mourinho would be able to lead the team into the Champions League.

Now, although Fenerbahce has strengthened the lineup, he has changed his coach and direction. Ironically, the new players will represent the team in the UEFA Cup, and Mourinho can only watch all this.