The Special One has been unable to lead the Turkish giants to the title in his first campaign in charge but has stressed that he will remain in post despite an underwhelming debut season.

Speaking after his side lost 4-2 to Hatayspor on Monday (26.05.25), Mourinho said: "If you ask me if I'm going to be here next season, I refer to the last [Fenerbahce] president's appearance on TV a couple of weeks ago, where the president said that he wants me to stay and he is counting on me to stay for the next season.

"That is public. That's it. I think he was clear. If anything changes from that day, I was not told. I can confirm that these words were exactly the same words that I was told when we met. So that for me is a very clear situation."

Mourinho and his team have been criticised by Fenerbahce supporters for their recent performances but the coach insists his players are giving their all for the shirt.

He said: "The disappointment regarding these last performances, it's painful for everybody.

"It's only people that don't understand what people are like, what the end of season is like. The motivation is not the same but I don't accept that people think that players don't care."

Mourinho also revealed that he wants his team to be well-prepared for next season's Champions League qualifiers after they missed out on an automatic spot in Europe's top competition.

He said: "I've coached in two European finals.

"In the past seven years, I have coached more European finals than the history of Turkish football together. We tried to qualify for Champions League with Fenerbahce last summer. We lost that possibility with a penalty from Lille in the 120th minute.

"You ask me if I prefer to play the Champions League rather than the Europa League, Conference League, yes, but not just me, every club, every coach, every player. Next summer we have again qualification for Champions League.

"We have to prepare ourselves the best we can."