Jose Mourinho will eye the Newcastle United job if present supervisor Eddie Howe departs as he plots a sensational return to the Premier League, a brand new report has claimed.
After successful the Champions League with Porto, Mourinho led Chelsea to 3 Premier League title triumphs throughout two separate spells and later took cost of Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
He at present manages Fenerbahce however lately closely hinted at his dissatisfaction with life in Turkey, launching a unprecedented eight-minute tirade in opposition to referees and alleged corruption within the Tremendous Lig.
The Guardian report that the 61-year-old has recognized the Newcastle job as his greatest alternative to work within the Premier League once more and has reached out to intermediaries to speak his curiosity.
After main the Magpies to a Champions League place for the primary time since 2002/03, Howe’s squad struggled with accidents in 2023/24 and solely completed seventh. The previous Bournemouth boss is just not understood to be beneath vital stress, with their current victory over Arsenal lifting them as much as eleventh after a five-game winless streak in England’s high flight. They go to in-form Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Talking in his pre-match press convention on Friday, Howe stated: “It feels good to nonetheless be right here. I am so happy with the way it’s going, so happy to be on this place and nonetheless dreaming.
“I am pleased with the progress however you all the time need extra and we’ve not received the one factor we wished after we got here during which was a trophy. That was the dream, that is nonetheless the dream and nonetheless driving us.
“We consider we will obtain extraordinary issues and that is the point of interest driving us daily. Qualifying for Europe once more is one among our goals this season.”
