Jose Mourinho to Real Madrid: "Struggling to see the logic" vs. "A good fit"

Ahead of a imaginable title-deciding mates of matches successful La Liga, work what Sports Mole's Football Editor Matt Law has to accidental connected the reports linking Jose Mourinho with a instrumentality to Real Madrid, and the wide show level of Kylian Mbappe astatine Bernabeu.

Barcelona are presently 11 points wide of second-placed Real Madrid astatine the apical of the La Liga table, and the Catalan outfit would beryllium confirmed arsenic champions this play if they bushed Osasuna connected Saturday evening and Real Madrid neglect to flooded Espanyol connected Sunday night.

Matt Law, Football Editor: "The favourite of nine president Florentino Perez"

He looks like he's the favourite of nine president Florentino Perez. He's the 1 that is lasting retired astatine this moment, and I'm struggling to spot the logic of it, if I'm honest.

I don't recognize wherefore you would spell backmost to Mourinho, but past they tried it with Xabi Alonso, they tried to bring successful a young manager, and successful a strategy wherever Alonso didn't fit what they were trying to do. They had an outstanding young manager successful Alonso, and [Alvaro] Arbeloa has done a dependable capable job.

He (Arbeloa) looks like he'll go backmost down to the reserve broadside and proceed his coaching journey, but the Mourinho, I can't really spot the consciousness in it, if I'm honest. That said, determination are radical that cognize a batch much than maine astir Real Madrid that consciousness similar helium would beryllium a bully acceptable successful the existent model. Whether that works retired evidently remains to beryllium seen.

There's been a batch of speech astir Mbappe, astir however bully helium is and however bully his numbers are, and there's no uncertainty astir that, but has helium made the squad better? Probably not.

If you look astatine what's really happened since he's been determination successful presumption of nary Champions League, they signed Mbappe to triumph the league and the Champions League, not the Super Cup, and evidently not adjacent had a Copa del Rey successful the clip since he's been there. He has won trophies astatine Real Madrid, but not the large ones that they wanted to win.

There's been a batch of speech astir the Mbappe issue, the Vinicius Junior relationship, bash players broadside with Vinicius Junior oregon Mbappe? There's obviously issues with [Jude] Bellingham this play successful presumption of his attitude. The players just haven't gelled.