Jose Mourinho described his return to Real Madrid for a second spell in cost as “like coming house”.
Mourinho was officially presented as Madrid’s new coach on Tuesday, his appointment having been introduced again in June.
He has signed a contract till June 2029, coming in after a tumultuous 2025-26 season that noticed Madrid fail to win a trophy as Xabi Alonso didn’t handle to reside as much as expectations, with Alvaro Arbeloa unable to show issues round.
Madrid go to Espanyol for his or her LaLiga opener on Saturday, and Mourinho was effusive in expressing his delight at returning to the dugout for the membership with whom he dethroned Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona in LaLiga in 2011-12.
“That is like coming house,” Mourinho mentioned. “Emotionally, it’s even higher than the primary time as a result of again then it was about reaching the highest of the world, and now it’s extra emotional and heartfelt.”
“I’m certainly one of you, I at all times have been, for the reason that day I bought introduced in 2010 and the day I left in 2013, I’m certainly one of you,” Mourinho mentioned of his message to the Madrid followers.
“I’ve a incredible reminiscence of Wembley [at the 2024 Champions League final] after we beat Dortmund, and the love that was proven to me that day. I actually am certainly one of you.”
“You may think about what it means to me to work for Actual Madrid. It is a precept everybody should observe: working for Actual Madrid means working for you.
“Phrases aren’t sufficient… as a result of it’s like a mission. It’s not about worrying about myself or whether or not I’ll earn loads or a bit of.
“I’m right here to assist everybody be higher: gamers, employees… To create a tradition of exhausting work, duty, ambition, and one thing I do know properly, the duty and honour of working for Actual Madrid. I actually like this idea.”
