Fenerbahçe announced the termination of the contract of Ryan Kent (27 years old), English left winger only lined up once by José Mourinho this season. The player, who arrived in 2023, has never managed to establish himself in Türkiye.
A somewhat brutal ending. Fenerbahçe announced the termination of the contract of its player Ryan Kent (27), Thursday a little over a year after his arrival in Turkey from Glasgow Rangers. “The contract with Ryan Kent, one of the players of the A professional football team, has been terminated by mutual agreement,” said the Istanbul club in a brief press release published on X. The English left winger n It was not part of José Mourinho’s plans, who had fielded him only once since the start of the season.
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He was not included among the list of players eligible to play in the Europa League after the elimination of Fenerbahçe in the third preliminary round of the Champions League against Lille. He was never included in the group for the Turkish championship matches. After participating in the summer preparation, Ryan Kent was placed on the transfer list by Mourinho who did not count on it.
Several clubs would then have positioned themselves to recruit him, including Glasgow Rangers, English clubs and some in Saudi Arabia. But Kent would have ruled out these possibilities by preferring to honor his contract running until 2027 with Fenerbahçe. A posture which would have infuriated the Portuguese technician. In the absence of playing time, Kent finally agreed to leave the Turkish club and now finds himself free to join the team of his choice.
The end of a long journey through the desert for Kent, already excluded from matches by Ismail Kartal, Mourinho’s predecessor on the Istanbul bench, from March. The player was placed on the winter market only six months after his arrival but had already refused to change air.
José Mourinho arrived on the Fenerbahçe bench this summer a few months after his ouster from AS Roma. After eight days, his team is 3rd in the championship and is preparing to face one of his former clubs, Manchester United, on Thursday in the Europa League.
