2026-06-26 09:32:02
Jose Mourinho has denied claims that he wants a dressing room overhaul at Real Madrid.
The Special One has been appointed Los Blancos boss for the second time and has rejected suggestions that he will oversee drastic squad changes at the Bernabeu – with former Premier League stars Marc Cucurella, Bernardo Silva and Ibrahima Konate all joining so far this summer.
Mourinho told the Beast Mode On podcast: “We shouldn’t be speaking about Real Madrid but I can just touch on a little point. I read a few things where people were saying: ‘Jose Mourinho is coming here and he’s going to cut some of the top players that supposedly they had some problems during the season.’ No.
“I want these players! I want the best players. Now I have to find a way to have a team and not to have problems like, eventually, I don’t know, I’m just reading, that they had in previous seasons. But the best players are the players that you want. If you have problems with not very good players, that is a big problem. The big players are the big players.”
Mourinho will bid to turn around Real’s fortunes after two seasons without a major trophy and says it will be down to the players to restore success to the Spanish giants.
The Portuguese coach said: “When I arrive at a club – since the beginning and now it’s not different – I don’t like to speak much. I don’t speak about myself, and I don’t like to speak much. I need to know the players, and I want the players to know it’s not about what people say about me, it’s about what they see in me.
“We need to know each other well. And then I always say, I don’t make miracles. But I can improve the guys that are improvable, the guys that want to improve. [With] some other guys, it’s an impossible job. You have to just accept the way they are.”
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