José Mourinho admitted that contact has been made with Real Madrid but warned that he would first have to learn what the capital club “expect from me” before agreeing to a blockbuster return.
The self-style “Special One” emerged as a leading contender to take over from Álvaro Arbeloa once it became clear that Xabi Alonso’s immediate successor had spectacularly lost the locker room. Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez, hunkered down in full battle mode, was tipped to turn to the one general he never stopped trusting.
