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Jose Mourinho vs Turkish FA: Fenerbahce demand investigation after leaked texts
Turkish football club, Fenerbahe have released a statement demanding an investigation into the alleged leaked text messages by the Turkish FA, which involve hostile statements being made about the club and their manager, Jose club released their statement on X, where they want an explanation regarding the alleged leaked text messages from the members of the Professional Football Disciplinary Board (PFDK), which were targeting the club
Various reports claim that the board members had some of their messages leaked on the internet, and the conversations allegedly included the President implying that 'We will make him pay for this next season. He has been tolerated too much".Additionally reports from The Mirror, also suggest that the members of the Turkish Football Federation, including the club president, Celal Nuri Demirturk have resigned as well.A club spokesperson was reportedly quoted as saying, 'Our club has made an official application to the Turkish Football Federation in response to the correspondence that has been made public today and is claimed to belong to members of the Professional Football Disciplinary Board".Mourinho made the sensational switch to the Turkish club back in June, the previous year, following his three-year stint with the Serie A side, his time in Turkey, the Portuguese manager has often found himself in the middle of controversy across several incidents. One of the major incidents was when rivals, Galatasaray accused Mourinho of making racist comments which prompted the Fenerbahce manager to hit back by suing the club for wrongful claims as addition, Mourinho has been critical of the Turkish referees in the league and VAR as well during the domestic results in TurkeyIn his first season with Fenerbahce, he finished second in the league standings with 84 points, 11 points short of the top where Galatasaray took the league the Europa League, the club went down in the Round of 16 clash against Rangers, where they fell short during the penalty shoot-out, despite coming back with a 2-0 win in the second leg to even things his future remains uncertain with the club and it will be interesting to see of 'The Special One' will continue in Turkey or if he will make the move to another club or better yet, a Premier League return with another club.
