Jose Mourinho not surprised by Frank de Boer's dismissal at Crystal Palace
De Boer was dismissed by Crystal Palace today having lost all four of his Premier League fixtures, just 77 days into the job after he took the job.
But Mourinho was far from surprised after he was sacked by Chelsea in December 2015, just five months after he guided the Blues to the Premier League title.
When asked about De Boer’s dismissal, Mourinho said: "In football, nothing surprises me.
“I was sacked as a champion, (former Leicester manager Claudio) Ranieri was sacked as a champion, Frank de Boer is sacked after four games.
"Next season something incredible will happen again, so nothing surprises me.”
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Frank de Boer lost all four games in charge at Crystal Palace
In football, nothing surprises me
Jose Mourinho
De Boer arrived at Crystal Palace following the departure of Sam Allardyce, who guided the Eagles to safety last term before resigning in May.
Allardyce was linked with a return to Selhurst Park, but the 62-year-old has today ruled out that possibility.
Palace are reportedly set to announce Roy Hodgson as De Boer’s replacement.
"It's quite strange than I'm on this programme and Frank has unfortunately lost his job," Allardyce told Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football.
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"Just to make it clear to everybody and to stop the speculation, I spoke to [Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish] late this afternoon just before I got here actually.
“I said for me I wouldn't be ready to come back.
"I made a decision and I wouldn't feel comfortable at this moment in time at taking any position as a football manager as I'm enjoying my life too much at the moment watching everybody else with the pressures of the Premier League.
"He didn't offer me the job but he just said 'what are your thoughts?'.
“Obviously I told him what I was thinking if you were to offer me the job, I think at this moment of time I wouldn't want to go back in."