Jose Mourinho tipped to join Premier League club in 2024

The Portuguese is out of contract at AS Roma this year and one potential new club has been suggested for him back in the Premier League.

Jose Mourinho might replace Eddie Howe as the next Newcastle United manager, according to journalist Dean Jones.

Mourinho’s contract at Roma will end in the summer. The Portuguese said on December 9 that he has not discussed his future with the club’s owners yet. This has created speculation linking him with other clubs.

One of those teams is Newcastle, a club once coached by Sir Bobby Robson. Mourinho worked under the Magpies icon as a translator at Sporting CP, before becoming his assistant at Porto and Barcelona.

Could Mourinho join Newcastle?

“The Bobby Robson attachment that Mourinho has might just give him that little tug at the heartstrings and think the guy that was my mentor in the early years, this was his place,” Jones told GIVEMESPORT.

“This was very special to him. What if I could take this all one step further and actually deliver that trophy that they’ve been after all these years? And then I could kind of dedicate it to him.

“There are definitely reasons I could see Mourinho being interested in this if he was to leave Roma.”

Who is the current Newcastle coach?

Eddie Howe has coached Newcastle since November 2021. The 46-year-old has overseen 50 victories in his 103 games (D23 L30) in charge. He famously led the club to Champions League qualification last season with a fourth-place finish in the Premier League.

This season, Newcastle have had a dip in form, causing them to slip 11 points outside the top four in the Premier League. The Magpies currently rank ninth in the table with 29 points from 20 games.

They also dropped out of the Champions League group stages, finishing fourth in Group F.

Which Premier League teams has Mourinho coached?

Mourinho has already managed three English clubs – Chelsea, Manchester United, and Tottenham – in his career.

The Portuguese coach boasts a record of 217 wins in 363 games (D84 L62) as a Premier League manager. He won the league title three times during his two spells in charge of Chelsea between 2004 and 2015.