José Mourinho offered a mischievously mixed response to talk of a return to the Real Madrid dugout amid conflicting reports about the club’s stance. The prospect of extracting Mourinho from his Benfica contract without a financial penalty is an intriguing wrinkle.
Mourinho returned to the Lisbon giants in September and steered them into the Champions League knockout stages with a dramatic victory against Real Madrid in January. As fate would have it, Benfica were paired with their Spanish counterparts for this month’s two-legged European tie.
