Jose Mourinho once issued stark warning about Turkish clubs as he 'agrees' two-year deal with Fenerbahce

Jose Mourinho once sent a stern warning about Turkish clubs as he reportedly agrees to become the new head coach of Fenerbahce.

On Friday morning, news emerged that former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss Mourinho was closing in on a deal to take over at Turkish Super Lig side Fenerbahce.

The Istanbul club agonisingly finished second despite collecting 99 points and losing just one match.

Galatasaray were crowned champions after an impressive tally of 102 points.

On social media, transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano wrote: “Fenerbahçe are closing in on the agreement to appoint Jose Mourinho as new head coach! Mourinho has already said YES.

“Verbal agreement in place and contract now being reviewed by Mourinho’s camp. The announcement can take place today, as revealed by @abolapt.”

Previously, when he was the manager of Manchester United, Mourinho spoke about Turkish clubs after his side lost 2-1 against Fenerbahce back in 2016.

He said: “Football is not just about quality – it is about effort and commitment, it is about playing to your limits. In an atmosphere like this, to concede an early goal gives the opposition exactly what they want.

“The opponent can then defend and counterattack us with a lead and that is our fault for letting them be in that situation. They were playing a Champions League final and we were playing a summer friendly by the way the game started.

“After their second goal we reacted and could have got a different result but I didn’t feel we deserved more as over the 90 minutes we didn’t play well enough. We didn’t fully play to our maximum.”

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Mourinho added: “I am disappointed as I have quite a big experience of playing against Turkish teams. I pass to the players all my experience, and my experience is that when you play against them at home it’s easy always – 2-0 or 4-0.

“You come to Turkey and it’s a completely different story. I told them to wait for that and not be focused on an easy game – be ready for completely different game but we started the game sleeping.”