Jose Mourinho was named manager at Inter Milan on Monday, replacing Roberto Mancini who was fired last week.

Jose Mourinho has been without a job since leaving Chelsea last September. Inter Milan released a statement about the hiring saying, “Thanking Roberto Mancini and his staff for the successes obtained in four seasons in charge of the team,” Inter said, “All of FC Internazionale welcomes Jose Mourinho and his coaches and wishes them the best of luck in their new jobs.”

“He can win the Soccer Betting Champions League with this team and I would like to be a part of it,” said winger Luis Figo. Mancini was fired last week even though Inter won their third straight league title. The failure of Inter Milan in the Champions League and the collapse at the end of this season may have cost Mancini his job. Inter did win the league but let an 11 point lead slip in the final weeks.

Mourinho won the Champions League with FC Porto in 2004 and also led Chelsea to its first league title in 50 years and then won it again the next year. He also won the FA Cup and two League Cups. He did not win the Champions League though and had a poor relationship with owner Roman Abramovich. He will have to deal with another high profile owner at Inter as Massimo Moratti has spent millions on transfers and demands immediate results.

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Superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic seemingly has no problem with the coaching change. “It’s Moratti’s decision, he’s the boss, he decides.” Ibrahimovic said, “I’m happy at Inter. I’ve won two league titles and now we’ll aim to win the Champions League.”

In other coaching news Sven-Goran Eriksson left Manchester City on Monday. He is the leading candidate to take over the Mexico national team. “I have enjoyed my time at Manchester City very much indeed,” Eriksson said, “In particular, I would like to thank the fans, players and staff for their amazing support over the season. I wish the club, and everyone associated with it, much success in the coming years.”

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