Business Day (Nigeria)

Mourinho denies to rumours of replacing Zidane at Real Madrid

- ANTHONY NLEBEM

Portuguese tactician Jose Mourinho has ruled himself out of the move to Real Madrid as a sign of respect to Zinedine Zidane. The sun recently reports that M our in ho is preparing himself for a seconds tin tin spain while real Madrid president fl or en ti no perez would consider him if he axe dz ida ne.

This comes after Spanish giants suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat to Paris Saint-germain in the Champions League this week, with a poor run in Laliga.

That dates back to when Zidane returned during the last campaign, as they were unable to compete for major trophies then and question marks have been raised over whether or not their summer overhaul has changed enough now.

Time will tell, but ultimately with the speculatio­n above in mind, it remains to be seen how long Zidane has to turn things around and secure his job, if he is indeed at risk.

However, Mourinho has shown his class by refusing to pile the pressure on his colleague and fellow coach, and has insisted that Real Madrid have a man in charge currently and so he hasn’t even entertaine­d the thought of a second spell with Los Blancos.

“I would not like to return to Real Madrid because they have a coach, and he is not just anybody. My return to the bench will be when it will be,” Mourinho quoted by Mundo Deportivo.

Mourinho enjoyed a successful spell at the Bernabeu, winning a Laliga title, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup during his three-years stay with the club.

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