Jose Mourinho is in remaining negotiations to develop into Actual Madrid's subsequent head coach, 13 years after his first spell on the Bernabeu.
The 63-year-old is the clear favorite – and at present the one candidate Actual are in talks with over the function.
He would change present head coach Alvaro Arbeloa, who solely took cost in January following Xabi Alonso's departure.
Actual Madrid president Florentino Perez first thought-about the potential of Mourinho's return two days after Xabi Alonso left the membership, throughout preliminary conversations with the Portuguese coach's representatives.
Mourinho has been supervisor of Benfica, in his native Portugal, since becoming a member of on a two-year contract final September, and solely yesterday informed media he didn’t need to speak about his future simply but.
“There's a match towards Estoril, and from Monday onwards I'll be capable of reply questions on my future as a coach and Benfica's future,” he stated.
Saturday's recreation towards Estoril Praia is Benfica's final of the season.
From Sunday, Actual Madrid may have a window to finish a deal for Mourinho at a comparatively low price.
A clause in his contract permits him to depart for 3m euros (£2.6m) as much as 10 days after Benfica play their remaining match of the season.
He was in cost at Actual between 2010 and 2013, successful La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Tremendous Cup.
After leaving the membership he returned to England for a second stint at Chelsea, successful the third of his three Premier League titles, plus the EFL Cup, within the 2014-15 season.
Following his departure from the Blues by mutual consent in 2015, Mourinho then joined Manchester United on a three-year deal in 2016.
He gained the Europa League, EFL Cup and Neighborhood Defend throughout his first season at Previous Trafford however was sacked in December 2018 after a poor run of outcomes.
Mourinho additionally had spells at Tottenham, Serie A facet Roma, the place he gained the Europa Convention League in 2022, and Turkish membership Fenerbahce, earlier than taking up at Benfica final yr.
In the meantime, Actual have ended their 2025-26 marketing campaign trophyless, with rivals Barcelona sealing the La Liga title with a 2-0 El Clasico victory and by a 14-point margin.
Los Blancos' Champions League run ended with a 6-4 combination defeat by German champions Bayern Munich within the quarter-finals.
Off the pitch, the membership fined midfielders Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde a mixed 1m euros this month following a dressing room row.
Valverde, 27, went to hospital with a head harm after the spat with 26-year-old France worldwide Tchouameni however denied the pair “got here to blows”.
Perez known as a information convention on Tuesday, fuelling hypothesis he could possibly be set to announce Mourinho – however he refused to reply questions on the matter as he launched into an assault on his critics and known as a brand new presidential election.
