Jose Mourinho named Real Madrid coach on three-year deal

Mourinho returns to La Liga giants aft 13 years pursuing Florentino Perez’s re-election arsenic nine president.

Real Madrid person named Jose Mourinho arsenic their caller manager connected a three-year deal, the La Liga nine confirmed successful a statement.

“Jose Mourinho volition articulation Real Madrid connected ‌July 13, the time preseason begins,” Real said successful a connection connected Thursday.

Mourinho’s assignment became inevitable aft Real Madrid President Florentino Perez was re-elected this week, paving the mode for the Portuguese’s instrumentality to the Spanish superior aft 13 years.

He leaves Benfica successful the Portuguese Primeira Liga to articulation the Spanish giants.

The 63-year-old tactician, who erstwhile delivered a record-breaking La Liga ⁠triumph for Real, volition regenerate Alvaro Arbeloa astatine the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

Real person endured a humiliating extremity to their home campaign, with Barcelona clinching the league ⁠title with a 2-0 ⁠victory successful an “El Clasico” earlier this month.

It marked the archetypal clip successful 94 years that the ⁠Spanish league had been decided by a gathering ⁠between the fierce rivals.

The ⁠record 15-time Champions League winners person besides failed to wide the quarterfinal signifier successful the ‌last 2 seasons, prompting Perez to enactment decisively aft ‌two ‌seasons without a large trophy.

“We person won the elections and volition proceed moving to support winning titles,” Perez said successful his triumph code aft re-election.

“We volition proceed to instrumentality pridefulness successful the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, the champion stadium successful the world,” Perez said.

“Proud to person the champion players successful the world, arrogant to invited backmost 1 of the champion coaches successful the world, a Madridista similar Jose Mourinho.”

Mourinho archetypal joined Real Madrid successful 2010, spending 3 seasons astatine the club.

During his tenure, helium won 1 La Liga championship, 1 Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup during a play of fierce rivalry with Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona.

Appointing the divisive Mourinho volition beryllium a gamble connected the portion of President Perez aft Los Blancos finished without a large trophy successful 2025-26, a 2nd consecutive barren season.

“We volition proceed moving truthful that Real Madrid keeps winning titles,” said Perez.

“And we volition combat until the extremity to execute the 16th European Cup.”

Jose Mourinho won the La Liga rubric with Real Madrid successful 2012 [File: Susana Vera/Reuters]