Jose Mourinho appointed AS Roma manager

By Ed McCambridge
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Mourinho's shock hiring comes just 15 days after he was sacked as Tottenham Hotspur boss

Jose Mourinho
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Jose Mourinho has been appointed the new manager of AS Roma, the Italian club have announced on Twitter. 

Mourinho had been out of work for just over two weeks, after being sacked by Tottenham Hotspur on April 19. The Portuguese was dismissed after 17 months in charge at Spurs, following a poor second half of the season in which Spurs slipped from top of the table to outside the European spots.

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Ed McCambridge
Ed McCambridge
Staff Writer

Ed is a staff writer at FourFourTwo, working across the magazine and website. A German speaker, he’s been working as a football reporter in Berlin since 2015, predominantly covering the Bundesliga and Germany's national team. Favourite FFT features include an exclusive interview with Jude Bellingham following the youngster’s move to Borussia Dortmund in 2020, a history of the Berlin Derby since the fall of the Wall and a celebration of Kevin Keegan’s playing career.