Real Madrid: José Mourinho very close to a return, thanks for the entertainment to come

José Mourinho back on the Real Madrid bench, it’s as if it was made for the Spanish media, As et Mark at the head. A verbal agreement exists between the two parties and the recruitment of the Portuguese coach “will be announced after the electoral process” launched by Florentino Pérez, writes the first, while the second assures that Arbeloa himself has validated the idea.

For his part, the person concerned admitted on Saturday contacts between his agent and the Madrid club, during a press conference after the victory of his club Benfica in Estoril, during the last day of the Portuguese championship. “The only thing I have is the (renewal) offer from Benfica, which I haven’t seen, but which Jorge Mendes says is very interesting,” Mourinho said. If he claims not to have had contact with Florentino Pérez, he does not deny that there was contact between the Madrid leaders and his agent.

The man for the job, really?

Direct discussions between him and Real will take place next week, “because it is next week that I must decide on my future and that of Benfica, which is the most important for me,” said the “Special One”.

Everything therefore seems in place for a return with great fanfare of Mou (63), who already managed Real between 2010 and 2013. A passage marked by a title of champion of Spain (2012) but also countless controversies. The uncompromising Portuguese ended up alienating the captains Sergio Ramos and Iker Casillas. His relations with Karim Benzema and especially Kaka had also been shady.

Could Mourinho be the one to reconcile a tattered locker room at the end of a second blank season in a row? We ask to see. His great years are starting to come back, with recent experiences at Tottenham, Roma and Fenerbahçe which ended in failure.

His method, his little phrases, his provocations, have a little taste of the old-fashioned. From the outside, we have the impression that Real would rather need calm and appeasement, while the dissensions between the main stars of the squad – Mbappé, Vinicius, Bellingham – have burst into broad daylight, and the boss himself poured gasoline on the blaze during a lunar press conference.

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Everyone will be very curious to see how it all comes together in any case. The project is immense, and the obligation to deliver results is even more urgent than usual. Prepare the popcorn.