{"id":297198,"date":"2023-11-23T00:25:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T00:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297198"},"modified":"2023-11-23T00:25:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T00:25:14","slug":"jose-mourinho-confirms-plans-to-manage-in-the-saudi-pro-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/jose-mourinho-confirms-plans-to-manage-in-the-saudi-pro-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho confirms plans to manage in the Saudi Pro League"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jose Mourinho confirms plans to manage in the Saudi Pro League, but plays down a possible return to Real Madrid after his contract expires at Roma this summer<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jose Mourinho is expected to leave Roma when his contract expires\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 60-year-old\u00a0rejected a huge offer from Saudi Arabia in order to stay at Roma\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The curse of our game is abuse of referees, we are not doing enough to stop it. The punishments must be HARSH &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jose Mourinho has confirmed that he plans to manage in the Saudi Pro League and played down a possible return to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Roma coach Jose Mourinho said he fully expects to work in Saudi Arabia one day after his compatriot, Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, led the way by joining Al-Nasr, with a stream of players subsequently signing for Saudi Pro League teams.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese coach seemed confident about moving to Saudi Arabia during an interview MBC Egypt TV channel, owned by Saudi MBC Group, saying: &#8216;I will go to Saudi Arabia in some free time, but I am convinced that I will work there. I don&#8217;t know when, but I am pretty sure of it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am committed to my work with Roma and I want to give everything to the club until the last day,&#8217; added under-pressure Mourinho after a disappointing start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;No one knows the future, but I will definitely do this (working in Saudi Arabia),&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/23\/78134219-0-image-a-32_1700695792194.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roma boss Jose Mourinho has confirmed that he plans to manage in the Saudi Pro League<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/23\/78134247-0-image-a-33_1700695842114.jpg\" height=\"691\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese coach has played down the chances of a possible return to Real Madrid<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho, 60, said recently that he had rejected a huge offer from Saudi Arabia in order to stay in Roma for a third season after leading the team to win the Conference League and reach the UEFA Europa League final<\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old is expected to leave Roma when his contract expires at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about a potential return to Real Madrid given that Carlo Ancelotti is also in the midst of contract uncertainty, Mourinho responded: &#8216;Me at Real Madrid? When you have a super coach, why should you think of another?&#8230;I hope that the season goes fantastically and that next season Carlo is still there because I think he is the perfect coach for Real Madrid.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho spent three years with Real Madrid between 2010 and 2013. 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