<p>Jan 8 () - Besiktas have appointed former Portugal coach Fernando Santos as their new manager, the Turkish Super Lig club announced late on Sunday.</p><p>The 69-year-old Portuguese last managed Poland but was sacked as they struggled to qualify for Euro 2024.</p><p>Santos previously managed Portugal but ended his spell in charge after losing to Morocco in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup. He had won Euro 2016 with them.</p>.Lionel Messi calls Major League Soccer ‘a minor league’.<p>Santos, who has also had stints at Porto, Sporting, Benfica and Greece, will replace Riza Calimbay at Besiktas.</p><p>Besiktas are sixth in the league with 29 points from 18 matches and next visit fifth-placed Rizespor on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Jan 8 () - Besiktas have appointed former Portugal coach Fernando Santos as their new manager, the Turkish Super Lig club announced late on Sunday.</p><p>The 69-year-old Portuguese last managed Poland but was sacked as they struggled to qualify for Euro 2024.</p><p>Santos previously managed Portugal but ended his spell in charge after losing to Morocco in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup. He had won Euro 2016 with them.</p>.Lionel Messi calls Major League Soccer ‘a minor league’.<p>Santos, who has also had stints at Porto, Sporting, Benfica and Greece, will replace Riza Calimbay at Besiktas.</p><p>Besiktas are sixth in the league with 29 points from 18 matches and next visit fifth-placed Rizespor on Tuesday.</p>