Real Madrid brings back Jose Mourinho as coach 13 years after first spell

Actual Madrid is bringing again José Mourinho for a second stint some 13 years after he left the membership, the Spanish powerhouse stated Thursday (June 11, 2026).

The Portuguese coach joins on a three-year contract and can formally take cost on July 13, when the preseason begins, the membership stated.

Mourinho left nobody in Spain detached to his abrasive, but undeniably profitable, managerial model when he first coached Madrid from 2010 to 2013.

Throughout his first run, he led Madrid to a Spanish league title and a Copa del Rey crown. But he’s extra remembered for his confrontational persona that ended up splitting his personal squad and alienating all however probably the most hardcore followers, in addition to a big a part of the native media.

He’ll now inherit an underachieving group and rejoin a membership in disarray.

Unsteady Madrid

Madrid hasn’t received a significant title in two years with celebrity striker Kylian Mbappé on board. The membership went by two coaches in Xabi Alonso and Álvaro Arbeloa this season.

The file 15-time European Cup winners have moreover been embarrassed by collection of unseemly occasions. There was a combat between gamers, followers jeering the group, and gamers questioning Arbeloa’s selections.

Membership president Florentino Pérez added to the sense of a membership in disaster by giving a press convention to announce he would name early elections, which he then received, whereas blasting the media for what he thought-about a marketing campaign to drive him to give up.

Pérez’s re-election paved the best way for Mourinho’s return.

Mourinho famously proclaimed himself as “a particular one” over 20 years in the past when he was launched as Chelsea’s coach, having led FC Porto to a stunning Champions League title in 2004.

He lived up that boastful declare, making Chelsea a Premier League champion earlier than he steered Inter Milan to the 2010 Champions League title, beating a seemingly unstoppable Barcelona en path to the ultimate.

Stormy first stint

That satisfied Pérez that Mourinho was the best coach to topple a Barcelona led by Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi in La Liga.

The rivalry between Mourinho and Guardiola took the contests between their golf equipment to new heights.

Following a 2011 defeat to Barcelona, Mourinho outraged Barcelona supporters, and plenty of impartial ones, by saying he “could be ashamed” to win a Champions League like Guardiola did, claiming Barcelona was favored by the referees. Mourinho even acquired bodily, poking an assistant coach of Guardiola within the eye throughout a scuffle between their groups later that 12 months.

However after successful the 2012 La Liga title, Madrid and Mourinho parted methods in 2013 with three years left on his contract. That adopted a shock loss within the Copa del Rey closing to Atletico Madrid and with media reviews of him falling out with a few of his gamers like fan favourite Iker Casillas.

Now 63, Mourinho has misplaced his standing of being a serial champion who solely coaches the elite golf equipment.

His sensible profession has dimmed after a irritating spell at Manchester United from 2016-2018. Since then, he has coached at Tottenham, Roma, Fenerbahce, and, final season, Benfica.

His solely trophy since leaving United was the 2022 Convention League, Europe’s third-tier competitors, received with Roma.

However it appears that evidently Pérez believes Mourinho’s expertise and his robust persona are simply what Madrid must tackle a Barcelona facet that’s as soon as once more dominant due to its new talisman, Lamine Yamal.