Tedesco the current favourite to replace Mourinho at Fenerbahce | OneFootball

Tuesday’s reports indicate that Italian head coach Domenico Tedesco is the current frontrunner to replace Jose Mourinho as head coach of Turkish Super Lig giants Fenerbahce.

Fenerbahce are on the lookout for a new head coach to replace The Special One, who was relieved of his duties at the end of August after falling to a 1-0 aggregate defeat against Benfica in the Champions League play-offs, which cost the Turkish side a spot in the final tournament.

New coach of Turkish club Fenerbahce Jose Mourinho holds the jerseys of the club during the presentation to the supporters at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul on June 2, 2024. Two-time Champions League winning Jose Mourinho will be the new coach of Turkish club Fenerbahce, he announced on June 1. The Portuguese coach, who won the Champions League with Porto and Inter Milan, has not worked since he was sacked by Italian Serie A side Roma in January 2024. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports last week confirmed that former Italy national team head coach Luciano Spalletti was among the candidates to replace Mourinho in Istanbul. Ali Koc has since confirmed that the former CT was ‘first choice’, but decided to turn the opportunity down.

Ange Postecoglu had also been mentioned as a potential option, but he has since been announced as the successor to Nuno Espirito Santo as head coach of Nottingham Forest. Short-term former Milan boss Sergio Conceicao had also been mentioned in some reports last week.

Tedesco favourite to replace Mourinho at Fenerbahce

Now, according to reports from Sky Sport DE, Italian head coach Tedesco is now the frontrunner to take over at Fenerbahce.

Belgium coach Domenico Tedesco (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

The 39-year-old has been available since being dismissed as the head coach of the Belgium national team back in January. He also has Schalke, Spartak Moscow and RB Leipzig on his CV.

The latest updates from Sky claim that Fenerbahce and Tedesco are in advanced talks, and that the Italian is ‘set’ to become the new head coach baring any ‘extraordinary’ last-minute turns.