Jose Mourihno's Fenerbahce terminates player's contract days before Man United clash

Jose Mourihno's Fenerbahce terminates player's contract days before Man United clash

Evans Ousuru 15:00 - 18.10.2024

He began his career at Liverpool where he made just a single senior appearance at Anfield before heading to Scotland.

Turkey Super Lig side Fenerbahce has brutally terminated the contract of Ryan Kent, sixteen months after he signed a four-year deal in 2023.

The Jose Mourinho-coached side pulled the plug after Kent, 27, managed one appearance this season and was excluded from all of their league match squads.

The former Rangers favorites' axe comes just six days before the Portuguese boss side settles scores with Manchester United in matchday three of the Europa League.

He was frozen out at the start of the year after his January deadline day move to Italian Serie A side Lazio failed to materialise. Fenerbahce issued a cold statement to announce that he had been let go.

"The contract with Ryan Kent, one of the Professional Football A Team player, has been terminated by mutual agreement. We present it to the public," the club wrote as revealed by the Daily Mail.

The Oldham-born star was linked with multiple clubs this summer, turning down an offer from an unnamed Scottish club, according to The Sun.

In January he also had interest from Leeds and Hull, as well as the Lazio bid, but he reportedly refused to leave Fenerbahce, provoking the anger of former boss Ismail Kartal - and Mourinho did not take to him either. Mourihno is a no-nonsense accomplished manager, having won titles at Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Man United and AS Roma.

The forward was a popular figure at Rangers, where he spent five seasons (including a loan spell) and won the Scottish Premiership title under Steven Gerrard in 2020-21. 

He had been a hit with supporters during his 2018-19 loan spell and went on to win the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year Award at the end of the season.

Kent began his career at Liverpool where he made just a single senior appearance at Anfield before heading to Scotland.

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