Jose Mourinho is increasingly likely to return to Madrid, with Real Madrid's management having placed him at the top of their wish list. According to AS, "The Special One" is the club's choice to have Alvaro Arbeloa, a character seen as the ideal profile to bring calm and stability to a club that ended the season amidst tension and chaos, moreover without a trophy. Perez is convinced that he has a good group at his disposal and that with a coach like Mourinho on the bench and a few reinforcements they can return to being competitive in Spain and Europe again.

The Spanish daily adds that there has been no official contact between Mourinho and Real Madrid, but for some time now his super agent, Jorge Mendes, has been on the scene, with the latter often seen in Madrid. Contacts are expected to intensify at the end of this season, after AS revealed some details of Jose Mourinho's contract with Benfica.

"The Special One" feels comfortable in Portugal, at the helm of the "eagles", the latter are also satisfied with the work done by Mourinho, but in the contract signed a year ago there is a clause that allows the Portuguese to leave Benfica within 10 days after the end of the season, but they must pay 3 million euros to release him, a figure that is negligible for a club like Real Madrid.

Mou himself would be happy to return to Madrid, a big club with big goals, but the "Special" has some conditions. First, he wants to have more access to the transfer market, to decide on possible reinforcements, he also wants to have full control over the first team, in order to avoid inappropriate situations like the ones that happened this season.