Mourinho announces new four-year contract

Mourinho announces new four-year contract

Faruq Ibrahim 16:34 - 23.08.2023

AS Roma boss Jose Mourinho announced that he will continue his long-standing relationship with Adidas.

Jose Mourinho has announced that he and Adidas have agreed to extend their relationship for four more years.  

The 60-year-old manager continues his around 20-year relationship with the Sports brand and will wear their kits until at least 2027.

What happened 

The AS Roma boss took to his Instagram account, via the Story platform, to announce that he has reached a new contract with the sports apparel makers.  

"New contract, I'm very happy, I'm very proud," the former Chelsea boss said in a video he shared on his Instagram story to his 3.8 million followers.

"Adidas, four more years, 17," he said in a follow-up video. 

Mourinho continues Adidas relationship 

This is a continuation of a long-standing relationship that survived even the 'special one' coaching a Nike-sponsored club in Tottenham. 

Mourinho continues his long-term relationship with Adidas
Mourinho continues his long-term relationship with Adidas

In 2019, when Mourinho accepted the Spurs job, a Nike team, the commercial and business side of the sport was rocked, as managers are rarely sponsored by conflicting sports brands with the club they coach. 

The norm was for the coaches to get a side deal on top of the club's contract with the brands. Such examples were Jurgen Klopp's deal with New Balance, who were Liverpool's sponsors at the time, and Pep Guardiola's deal with Puma, Manchester City's kit makers.  

Despite joining Tottenham, a club Jose has since left, Adidas reportedly kept him on, as according to the Daily Mail, they viewed him as commercially valuable as ex-football stars like David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane. 

Mourinho is now coaching an Adidas-sponsored team, Roma, returning to his pattern of coaching clubs backed by the German Sports brand since he left Inter. Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United, and now the Giallorossi. 

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