Four years after they last divorced and threw back hooks, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will lock Hoorns again tomorrow.
Two legends from the Premier League, now locked up in Istanbul.
Both the Special One and the more soft Norwegian Norwegian will enjoy Solkjaer‘s Besiktas.
You can’t help it, but you both suspect former Manchester United Managers would jump a last chance in English football.
Mourinho‘s record of three Prem Crowns on two spells on Chelsea More than surpasses Solskjaer’s rules at Trunk And United, of course.
The Portuguese both lifted up Carabao Cup and the Europa League during his Old Trafford Spell, while the highlight of Solskjaer was a near-Miss Europe Last Penalty Shootout defeat Villarreal In May 2021.
That was less than two months after the couple was bickering as a school kids after United’s 3-1 victory at Mourinho’s Tottenham, only a week before he was fired by Spurs Supremo Daniel Levy.
It was playing grounds, with Solskjaer who accused Son Heung-Min of the referee “to be put on” to one Variety Check which a united goal has excluded.
Solskjaer said at the time, “If my son stays in such a way and gets ten of his friends around him, he doesn’t get any food.”
Mourinho replied that the comments from Solskjaer had made him “very sad”, and added: “Sonny is very lucky that his father is a better person than ole.
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“As a father you always have to feed your children. If you have to steal to feed your children, you steal.
‘I am very, very disappointed. As we say PortugalBread is bread and cheese is cheese. I already told Ole what I think of his comments. “
Four years later, with Solskjaer who was appointed by the Black Eagles in January, they meet again.
Replaced Giovanni van BronckhorstSolskjaer, 52, has lifted his side from seventh to fourth in the Turkish Super Lig, with a chance of a play-off place in the Europa League if they can revise the third placed SamsunSpor.
For Mourinho, however, whose Zijpad Arch-Rivals Galatasaray With five points with five to play, it is a must-win game.
But before the game, the duo has lowered their pistols.
Bustle on their personal rivalry, the man whose vast right foot broke Bayern Munich heart To complete United’s Treble Demurrred from 1999.
The Besiktas -Baas said: “This is not a match in between Jose Mourinho And Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
“This is a match between Besiktas and Fenerbahce. The players decide the score. I have a lot of respect for Mourinho.
“There are not many managers as successful as he, so I look forward to a derby like this.”
But given their history in English footballIt feels a strange place for them to have both ended up – and certainly not their final destination.
It may not be easy to suggest a potential premclub where Solskjaer would be a clear fit, although his efforts at Cardiff suggest that he could be an option for an ambitious Championship outfit.
But one of the men who both the rough and smooth side of Mourinho’s tongue, former Chelsea and felt England ACE Joe Coleis convinced that the 62-year-old Special One did not led its last premium race Just.
Cole said: “Jose is still a genius as a manager. He still has potential.
“I would like to see him again in the Premier League. He breaks cash register records. If you want to win something, Mourinho is the man you are going.”
Mourinho Left Spurs with much to prove – winning the UEFA Conference competition with Roma In 2022 to make his point.
Just like Solskjaer, he has unfinished company in England And would enjoy one last Hoorah.
This weekend, however, it is all about the color and intensity of Istanbul.
A draw would fit with Solskjaer, which hints to play without a recognized No. 9, while Mourinho has to win.
The only guarantee is that Sparks will fly both on and outside the field.
They wouldn’t have it in any other way.
Man Utd Ratings vs Athletic Bilbao As Fernandes sets a good example, but Ugarte is struggling

Manchester United is about to have a first European final since 2021 after beautiful Athletic Club with 3-0 in Bilbao.
Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes ran the show in Spain To let one of Laliga’s most defense sink.
Ruben Amorim opted for a daring XI, because United was opposite Europe’s best home showers.
Bilbao had only given 11 goals in the Estadio de San Mames throughout the season, with the Arena a kettle of noise in the early stages.
But after half chances for the hosts, the game turned upside down after Casemiro’s opener against the run of the game – after Harry Maguire had channeled his inner Lamine Yamal.
The Brazilian moved forward, with Dani Vivian sent controversially Only a few minutes later for transporting Rasmus Hojlund in the box.
Bruno Fernandes stepped up to roll in the Spotkick before adding the routes to the break at halftime and shot one-on-one: Agrerezabala.
Bilbao withdrew into their own half for the rest of the game, Keep the score up to three.
And United – so gloomy for a large part of this season – are now overwhelming favorites to the Europa League final.
This is how Jim Sheridan van Sunsport rated the Red Devils in Bilbao …