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Ex Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has been linked with a return to the Spanish club to replace interim Alvaro Arbeloa.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 1 May 2026<\/span>1 May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Benfica coach Jose Mourinho says there has been no contact between him and Real Madrid, despite speculation that the Spanish giants could turn to him soon.<\/p>\n The veteran Portuguese coach, who led Los Blancos from 2010 to 2013 in a heated rivalry with Pep Guardiola\u2019s Barca, is reported to be on Madrid\u2019s shortlist for a new coach.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Current Madrid boss Alvaro Arbeloa seems set to be replaced with the team heading for a second consecutive season without a major trophy.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one from Real Madrid has spoken to me. I can guarantee that,\u201d Mourinho, 63, told reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been in football for so many years and I\u2019m used to these things\u2026 but there\u2019s nothing from Real Madrid,\u201d added Mourinho, who guided Real to the 2012 La Liga title.<\/p>\n Madrid president Florentino Perez appointed Arbeloa in January to replace Xabi Alonso, who lasted just a few months at the helm.<\/p>\n Real Madrid trail La Liga leaders Barcelona by 11 points with five matches remaining and were knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n \u201cI have a year to go on my Benfica contract, and that\u2019s all,\u201d added Mourinho, whose side were knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid in the play-off round in February.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ex Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has been linked with a return to the Spanish club to replace interim Alvaro Arbeloa. Published On 1 May 20261 May 2026 Benfica coach Jose Mourinho says there has been no contact between him and Real Madrid, despite speculation that the Spanish giants could turn to him soon. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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