Roma had fallen to ninth place in Serie A and were knocked out of the Coppa Italia by city rivals Lazio at the time of Mourinho’s exit from the club.
The former Roma and Manchester United boss has patiently waited on the sidelines and ruled out the idea of calling it time on his legendary managerial career.
Mourinho has attracted interest during his time out of management, including from the likes of Saudi Pro League side Al Shabab.
The ‘Special One’ has kept himself busy away from football and attended events in Saudi Arabia like the Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou fight in March.
Jose Mourinho has flirted with the idea of returning to management in the near future, including outlining what he would expect from his next club.
According to The Daily Mail, the 61-year-old Portuguese manager has emerged on the radar for one club in Saudi Arabia.
The newspaper reports that Al Qadsiah, who play in the Saudi First Division League, now see Mourinho as a potential ‘target’ for the managerial role.
Al Qadsiah have secured promotion to the Saudi Pro League under former Real Madrid and Spain midfielder Michel, who arrived at the club last Octobe
Robbie Fowler had previously managed Al Qadsiah after his appointment in June 2023, but the Liverpool legend was axed from the club in October 2023.
The Daily Mail added that Al Qadsiah are ‘understood to be contemplating a change’ and former Manchester United manager Mourinho is a ‘candidate’ for them.
Mourinho on his time as a manager
Mourinho candidly opened up about his time as a manager and the former Inter Milan and Real Madrid boss insisted that he lived out his “dream” role.
“My dream job description – because sometimes you have a job title and another thing is the job description – is ‘head coach,’” he told The Daily Telegraph in April.
“That’s my dream. To be the coach. To be the guy who works with the team, focus on developing players, preparing matches.
“Fortunately, I had that in my career. Unfortunately, I had other situations when I had to be much more than that.
“When you are much more than that you are not as good a coach as you can be. The club puts you in a position where I don’t want to be.
“Do you think after the Europa League final that we lost, in the circumstances that we lost, I was happy with all the emotion that I felt?
“Do you think I was happy to be the face of the club that went to the press conference to speak about these events? No, I hated to go.”
But after two seasons of struggling to make an impact on the first-team squad, sadly Donny’s future at the club looked all but sealed – in the sense he didn’t have one.
Now, the Dutchman has been on various loans trying to recapture his form of old, which have all failed miserably. He’s set to return to Carrington in the summer, but will then likely be sold for good.
Still, Donny can look back on some fond memories in Manchester. He got to play with some world-class players, one of which he believes is the ‘most underrated player he’s played with’.
