By Victor Kanayo
Fenerbahce have unveiled Jose Mourinho as the new manger of the club.
Fenerbahce are one of the most successful clubs in the history of Turkish football with 19 Super Lig titles, seven Turkish Cups and nine Turkish Super Cups.
The Istanbul giants have however not won the league since 2014.
The former Chelsea and Manchester manager was unveiled in front of thousands of supporters at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.
At the unveiling ground, the immediate past AS Roma manager who has won 26 titles in an illustrious career with six different clubs, also signed a two-year contract with the Turkish giants.
Thereafter, he told teaming fans, “I want to thank you for your love, the love that I felt from the first moment where my name was first connected with Fenerbahce,” the Portuguese tactician said in his first speech.
“Normally, a coach is loved after victories. In this case I feel that I am loved before victories.
“That, for me, is a big responsibility that I feel. I promise you that from this moment I belong to your family. This shirt is my skin.
“Football is passion and there is no better place to feel that passion. Since the moment I met with President Ali Koc I wanted to play for you because in the end you are the soul of the football club.
“Since the moment I met him and understood his ideas, his project I wanted to play for you. I wanted to be the coach of all of you.
“I want to work for Turkish football, I want to work for the Turkish league. I want to help to improve [it] but the most important thing for me is not Turkish football, it’s not the Turkish league, it’s Fenerbahce.
“To finish, I want to say that from the moment I signed my contract, your dreams are now my dreams.”
