Mourinho was just offered 120 million Euro from Saudi Arabia and yes, I am saying Saudi Arabia because he himself can choose whether he wants to coach a club from the Saudi Professional League or whether he wants to coach the national team. The contract is going to pay him 60 million per season and he is free to cancel the contract anytime or to extend it. He is also free to take the national team to the World Cup 2026. It's absurd how the Saudis can throw around with their money. These sums are insane. I am not very interested to see how Mourinho will react. He has a contract until 2024 with Roma, but guess what, I am sure that if they don't want to let him go, the Saudis are simply going to pay for Mourinho to get the go from the Roma bosses.
What type of league is this that Mourinho can be offered "manage any team he wants"? Like don't they have team owners or club presidents etc that can decide for these type of stuff. Who pays for Mourinho to be in charge of "any team he wants"? Shouldn't the team that gets him end up paying him, how could they just offer like a blank check to these players and managers, that doesn't make sense at all.I knew that it was a terrible league, when you watch the games you see that even the stadiums are not that great, and even the jerseys look like a terrible amateur level, they really need to improve a lot on quality. But to the point "you can manage anyone you want"? That's just too much.
I caught some of the news on Youtube and they absolutely want to bring him to Saudi soccer. They discussed all the choices and options that he was presented with from the Saudis. To be honest nothing surprises me anymore. When Messi is supposed to get 400 million after Ronaldo signed for 200 million per year, are you shocked when Mourinho is offered 125 million and gets all kinds of options like becoming the national coach whenever he wants? I believe that is true. They are trying everything to put their puzzle together. They need top players, but now they also need top coaches. From their perspective it makes sense. Money is a great tool as you can see. Imagine you would have asked Ronaldo ten years ago whether he sees himself playing in Saudi Arabia!
