Real Madrid has signed José Mourinho to a three-year deal as its new manager till June 30, 2029, the club introduced on Thursday, marking a sensational return for the two-time Champions League winner to the Spanish capital.
Mourinho is ready to be a part of the club on July 13, when the preseason formally begins
Mourinho, who most lately managed Benfica, returns to the Santiago Bernabéu amid a turbulent, trophyless and, at occasions, chaotic period in Madrid that has had the worldwide media baffled and madridistas up in arms.
Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez made Mourinho one of many core pillars of his presidential reelection marketing campaign, and with Pérez profitable one other time period at the pinnacle of Los Merengues, “The Special One” was nearly sure to return to the club.
The Portuguese coach final managed Los Blancos from 2010 to 2013, bringing arguably the largest club in world soccer again among the many European elite following a middling interval on the pitch prior to his arrival.
Mourinho gained three trophies in his time with Madrid: the 2010-11 Copa del Rey, the 2011-12 La Liga and the 2012 Spanish Supercup.
However, he was widely known because the catalyst for Real’s renaissance because the workforce lastly moved previous six years of relative continental mediocrity and returned to the highest of Europe. Los Blancos made three Champions League semifinals in Mourinho’s three seasons after getting knocked out within the spherical of 16 the earlier six campaigns.
Fans are seemingly to rejoice at “The Special One’s” naming as he was a favourite of the Bernabéu – and Madrid fan social media is already awash with memes and joke posts of individuals renouncing their households to be a part of Mourinho’s new “crusade.”