Jose Mourinho’s managerial career isn’t exactly booming with repeated sackings. Every time you hear Jose Mourinho is joining a new club, you invariably wonder how long he can keep the job; how long before he gets sacked.
The strangest part is before he gets the axe, more often than not he manages to win something, a lesser or an important trophy. With AS Roma in Italy, he oversaw two notable performances. He led the team to the Europa Conference League trophy in 2022 and last year they ended as runners-up in the Europa League.
But clearly, the club owners were not happy and sacked him on Tuesday which is understandable. When you bring in a manager of Mourinho’s calibre and quality, you aim for bigger things like a Serie A title or a Champions League title. If not that, at least finish inside the top four in Serie A and qualify for the Champions League but since Mourinho joined the club ahead of the 2021-22 season, twice Roma have finished sixth in Serie A.
In the ongoing season, they are presently ninth. They have been struggling. The last few days… things came to a head. First, they lost to Lazio in the Coppa Italia on Wednesday. Then came a defeat against AC Milan on Sunday.
But Mourinho often doesn’t get his marching orders based on his performance. Often to keep up his image of a wisecracker (or maybe he is a natural), he says things that rub the authorities up the wrong way. For example after the defeat against city rivals Lazio he said: “The Roma fans are the most incredible I have seen. Their coach is Jose ‘Harry Potter’ Mourinho and he raises expectations.”