Mourinho reportedly signs three-year contract at Real Madrid

Jose Mourinho signed a three-year contract with Real Madrid and is set to be appointed as coach after the club’s presidential elections. Florentino Perez called the elections on May 12 and faces a challenge from Enrique Riquelme. Perez is expected to win the election on June 7, though Riquelme does not prefer Mourinho as a replacement for Álvaro Arbeloa. Perez said he had two candidates in mind and had not spoken to Mourinho. Mourinho previously coached Real Madrid from 2010 to 2013, winning LaLiga in 2011-12. He is leaving Benfica, where he had been offered an extension after an unbeaten league season. Mourinho will take over a trophy-less 2025-26 campaign marked by infighting, an eight-point LaLiga gap behind Barcelona, and a Champions League quarter-final loss to Bayern Munich.

"Jose Mourinho has signed a three-year contract with Real Madrid and will be appointed as their new coach following the club's presidential elections, according to a report from The Athletic. Club president Florentino Perez triggered elections on May 12 and is being challenged by Enrique Riquelme. Mourinho is not the preferred candidate of Riquelme to replace Alvaro Arbeloa. However, Perez is widely expected to triumph in the elections, which will be held on June 7."

"Perez said this week that he had two candidates in mind for the position and had not spoken to Mourinho. But The Athletic's David Ornstein and Mario Cortegana reported on Friday that the Benfica boss had put pen to paper on a contract running until June 2029. Mourinho had been offered an extension by Benfica after guiding them to an unbeaten league season, though they did not win the Primeira Liga."

"Instead of remaining at Estadio da Luz, he is seemingly set to return to Santiago Bernabeu, having previously coached Madrid from 2010 to 2013, winning the LaLiga title in 2011-12 ahead of Pep Guardiola's legendary Barcelona side. When his appointment is confirmed, Mourinho will inherit a Madrid side that endured a trophy-less 2025-26 campaign, with the final weeks of the season beset by infighting."

"Having ended the LaLiga season eight points adrift of Barca and lost to Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Mourinho has a long list of tasks as he aims to return Madrid to seriously challenging domestically and in the competition the club covets most."

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