Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will reunite with his old club when it travels to face Fenerbahce.
Europa League success isn’t the only thing on the line when Manchester United travels on Thursday to face a Fenerbahce team led by a very familiar face in Jose Mourinho. ‘The Special One’ guided the Red Devils to Europa League honors in 2017 but now finds himself at the helm of the Turkish titans, who are yet to lose in this year’s competition while United is still chasing its first win. Erik ten Hag’s team lost a lead at home to FC Twente to drop vital points in their opener before striking late to rescue a 3-3 draw against Porto, and three points is far from assured in Istanbul.
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Game Date: October 24, 2024
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Game Venue: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
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The home support will be sure to give United a rude awakening upon its arrival in the Turkish capital, which is never an easy place to travel for teams big nor small.
As fate would have it, United actually lost on the road to Fenerbahce in the same season that Mourinho went on to lift the Europa League in 2016/17.
The Portuguese will be hoping to inflict the same fate upon his former employers this time around, except perhaps with him once more clinching silverware with a different club on this occasion.
Rasmus Hojlund was on hand to deliver United from its five-match winless ways when he converted the winner having fallen behind at home against Brentford:
The Dane has wasted little time in making an impact for the club since returning to starting duties, but downing Fener at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium will be an even greater task.
Mourinho’s men have lost just once at home all season, succumbing 3-1 to Galatasaray in the first major Istanbul derby of their campaign.
Fenerbahce will have Bright Osayi-Samuel back at its disposal after he served a one-match suspension in the Europa League, while United will be without banned captain Bruno Fernandes.
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