{"id":1391,"date":"2026-04-30T09:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:37:41","slug":"jose-mourinho-real-madrid-president-florentino-perez-keen-on-reunion-with-former-boss-but-no-approach-yet-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/?p=1391","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez keen on reunion with former boss but no approach yet | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Club president Florentino Perez is thought to be keen on Jose Mourinho returning to Real Madrid but <em>Sky Sports News<\/em> understands no approach has been made for the Portuguese manager.<\/p>\n<p>Perez is heading the search for a new boss at the Bernabeu, with Alvaro Arbeloa, who took over from Xabi Alonso in January, expected to be replaced at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Perez remains close to Mourinho and is thought to be keen on a reunion with the 63-year-old, who won the LaLiga title at Real Madrid with a record 100 points 14 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>However, there has been no official contact so far with the Benfica boss, who is in no immediate hurry to decide his future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"5554f434-7f14-4b83-bd33-52d8aee3d8fc\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/api.condatis.sky\\\/auth\\\/video\\\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Sky Sports' Kaveh Solhekol discusses the possibility of Jose Mourinho returning to Real Madrid\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_5554f434-7f14-4b83-bd33-52d8aee3d8fc\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"49\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7233541\" data-sdc-video-id=\"5554f434-7f14-4b83-bd33-52d8aee3d8fc\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:5554f434-7f14-4b83-bd33-52d8aee3d8fc\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" data-defer-source=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\" data-autoload=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>          <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/04\/768x432\/skysports-football-real-madrid_7233544.jpg?20260428193357\" alt=\"JOSE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/04\/768x432\/skysports-football-real-madrid_7233544.jpg?20260428193357 600w,https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/04\/1600x900\/skysports-football-real-madrid_7233544.jpg?20260428193357\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><br \/>\n          <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <video id=\"id_5554f434-7f14-4b83-bd33-52d8aee3d8fc\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n        <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>          <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Sky Sports&#8217; Kaveh Solhekol discusses the possibility of Jose Mourinho returning to Real Madrid<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Benfica, who are seven points behind league leaders Porto, are three games away from becoming the only team in Europe to achieve an invincible league season. Three wins would also secure a second-place finish in the Portuguese Primeira Liga ahead of local rivals Sporting, and the prospect of Champions League football next season.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho is aware of all the speculation surrounding his future, including suggestions that he&#8217;s top of Real Madrid&#8217;s wanted list, but is understood to want to concentrate on those two big targets with Benfica.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"73c2bb64-ae48-40f4-8412-a435be7f31fc\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/api.condatis.sky\\\/auth\\\/video\\\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Former Real Madrid Ramon Calderon doesn't think Jose Mourinho has decided on Real job yet, he likes to gauge fan reaction first\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_73c2bb64-ae48-40f4-8412-a435be7f31fc\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"49\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7234097\" data-sdc-video-id=\"73c2bb64-ae48-40f4-8412-a435be7f31fc\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:73c2bb64-ae48-40f4-8412-a435be7f31fc\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" data-defer-source=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\" data-autoload=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>          <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/04\/768x432\/skysports-calderon-real-madrid_7234132.jpg?20260429124628\" alt=\"Ramon Calderon Jose Mourinho has decided on Real job yet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/04\/768x432\/skysports-calderon-real-madrid_7234132.jpg?20260429124628 600w,https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/04\/1600x900\/skysports-calderon-real-madrid_7234132.jpg?20260429124628\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><br \/>\n          <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <video id=\"id_73c2bb64-ae48-40f4-8412-a435be7f31fc\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n        <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>          <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Former Real Madrid Ramon Calderon doesn&#8217;t think Jose Mourinho has decided on Real job yet, he likes to gauge fan reaction first<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mourinho has also been linked with several other top clubs and the Portugal national team job. Portugal will co-host the World Cup in 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Staying at Benfica is also an option. His contract runs until the summer of 2027, with a break clause at the end of this season which can be triggered by either side.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Club president Florentino Perez is thought to be keen on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-madrid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepat.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}