{"id":19947,"date":"2024-04-23T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T11:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=19947"},"modified":"2025-03-24T17:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:26:56","slug":"barcelona-great-rivaldo-hire-mourinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/barcelona-great-rivaldo-hire-mourinho\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona great Rivaldo: &#8216;Hire Mourinho!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/barcelona-chelsea-watching-dybala-situation-at-roma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barcelona<\/a> legend Rivaldo says Jose Mourinho would be an ideal appointment for the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mourinho is available after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asroma.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AS Roma <\/a>dismissed him earlier this season. Xavi will leave Barca at the end of the season.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There are many fans who would not approve of coaches or players who have represented the rival (Real Madrid), but Mourinho has already been with Barcelona and is a great person,&#8221; Rivaldo told Mundo Deportivo.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;His intensity and his controversies with his supporters would be a concern from day one, but he is a winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Considering that he doesn&#8217;t have a club and the situation that is in Barcelona, it is easier for him to reach out to the team now, and I think he would have been a great recruitment, even if some supporters don&#8217;t want to hear his name.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He would undoubtedly do a great job, he knows the team, the Spanish league, the Champions League and has a lot of experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona legend Rivaldo says Jose Mourinho would be an ideal appointment for the team. Mourinho is available after AS Roma dismissed him earlier this season. Xavi will leave Barca at the end of the season. &#8220;There are many fans who would not approve of coaches or players who have represented the rival (Real Madrid), but Mourinho has already been with Barcelona and is a great person,&#8221; Rivaldo told Mundo Deportivo. &#8220;His intensity and his controversies with his supporters would be a concern from day one, but he is a winner. &#8220;Considering that he doesn&#8217;t have a club and the situation that is in Barcelona, it is easier for him to reach out to the team now, and I think he would have been a great recruitment, even if some supporters don&#8217;t want to hear his name. &#8220;He would undoubtedly do a great job, he knows the team, the Spanish league, the Champions League and has a lot of experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,159,161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-news","category-la-liga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rivaldo: &#039;Hire Mourinho!&#039; - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Barcelona legend Rivaldo has advised the club to hire Jos\u00e9 Mourinho, who he feels will be a great coach for the team. 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