Jose Mourinho is getting ready to meet his old employer Manchester United on Thursday with his new team, Fenerbahce. In advance of the Europa League match, Fenerbahce has been criticized by a club veteran.
In the period leading up to their Europa League match against Manchester United on Thursday, Fenerbahce have been described as “unhappy and hopeless” under the leadership of Jose Mourinho.
Fenerbahce is now in fourth place in the Turkish Super Lig, and Mourinho will be facing his old team. Fenerbahce has only won two of their past five games, which has left them in this position. Also, the former manager of Manchester United was unable to lead the Istanbul giants into the Champions League at the beginning of the season. They were defeated by Lille, a French club, in a match that was played over two legs.
Fenerbahce veteran Volkan Demirel has offered a grim assessment on Mourinho’s stay thus far. This comes after Mourinho made two mistakes that resulted in the team losing the lead during Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Samsunspor, which was a surprise package. “Right now, this Fenerbahce team is mixed with unhappiness and hopelessness,” Demirel, a former Turkey international, said in an interview with Fanatik.
“Why is everyone so miserable? The reason for this is the environment that they are in. Why do you feel so hopeless? Everyone was anticipating something to happen. We anticipated that it would come from Mourinho, and we anticipated that it would come from the transfers that were finalized.
We were suggesting that we would wait until after the international break to make a decision, but nothing has changed as of yet, and it is evident that things will continue in the same manner. We waited to see whether there would be a shift or a variability, but in the end, neither of those things occurred.
There have been no modifications to the game plans of the matches that have been played at home or away, as far as we are aware. You might also ask Fenerbahce to employ a seven-man defense if you are leading by a score of 2-1. “A significant question mark”
An abundance of new players were brought in during the summer transfer window by Mourinho. These players included former Premier League stalwarts Allan Saint-Maximin, Caglar Soyuncu, Cenk Tosun, and Sofyan Amrabat, who was a member of United’s roster during the previous season. A former Manchester United midfielder named Fred, who has been replaced in both of Fenerbahce’s most recent matches, and a former striker for Manchester City named Edin Dzeko are both members of the team’s roster.
In his post-match news conference, Mourinho was irate because his team had lost to Samsunspor in the 88th minute. He criticized the journalists for questioning why specific players were not playing. As the former manager of Chelsea and Tottenham grumbled, “I’m starting to learn what Turkey is,” he was referring to Turkey.
“I am shocked that you do not inquire about the reason why goalkeeper Irfan [Can Egribayat] does not play. I am also surprised that you do not inquire about [forward] Cenk Tosun. I am astonished since you typically inquire about the players who do not play.
For me, [Dusan] Tadic has been our greatest player for a few matches, not because he scores significant goals but because of the balance he offers to the team, because of the organization he has in his head, and because he does not make mistakes in terms of positioning or decision-making decisions.
In the event that you do not wish for me to play him, I will play someone who is not playing very much, all right…. Due to the fact that I do not like to publicly evaluate my players, it is quite challenging for me to provide more justifications. The players need to be protected, and I can’t reveal too much information about the reasons why this one plays and the other one does not.
“I understand it is your culture,” Mourinho said, expressing his annoyance with the situation. Every week, you are pleading with me to play [midfielder] Irfan Kahveci, who came on as a substitute on Sunday. However, there are occasions when people who you consider to be fantastic players are not actually that. On sometimes, they commit errors that are of the utmost importance to the squad.
The 3-1 loss to Galatasaray in the derby match that took place at home during the last month will have been a painful experience for Mourinho, who was fired by Roma in January. The ‘Special One’ will be under a great deal of pressure for Fenerbahce to respond when United arrives in town.
