Fenerbahçe’s President Ali Koç revealed Mourinho’s cost

Fenerbahçe President Ali Koç announced that they have agreed with Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho and his team for an annual fee of 12 million Euros. Ali Koç, the President of Fenerbahçe Club, revealed the cost of the agreement they made with Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho and his team during a television program. Koç mentioned that there were other offers for Mourinho as well, stating, ‘He met with Beşiktaş from Turkey. He also met with Mr. Sadettin Saran and Mr. Aziz Yıldırım. But we were the first ones to meet with him. Mario Branco conducted all the meetings. While others were making offers, we couldn’t make an offer. We are competing for the championship and we have a coach. We are not sure if we will make changes, we could have become champions at the last minute. They said to us, ‘Others have made offers, are you not serious?’ And we said, ‘We do not make offers. If you were our coach, we wouldn’t make an offer to someone else while you are here.’ Contact was made again after the end of the league. I also went, had discussions, and we agreed with each other.’ Ali Koç stated that they agreed with Mourinho and his team for an annual fee of 12 million Euros, ‘There was an extraordinary offer from Saudi Arabia, but he did not accept it. Yesterday, Aziz Yıldırım said, ‘Is this person stupid, I offered 15, how did he accept less? They must have given money to the agents openly.’ This is a crime, a very serious accusation. Accusing someone who has been the president of Fenerbahçe for 20 years of giving money openly is a very problematic situation. He did the same thing with İrfan Can Kahveci. Instead of congratulating the club and saying it is a good transfer, he threatened to complain about us to the Capital Markets Board. You are not complaining about me, but about Fenerbahçe Sports Club. This was the summary of how much Mourinho believed in us. It was 3 million Euros less. Mr. Aziz Yıldırım says ‘I agreed for 15 million Euros’ but we gave an annual fee of 12 million Euros to the whole team. I don’t know if the 15 million he mentioned is for himself or for his team. I was saddened by this accusation.