The arrival of José Mourinho on the Real Madrid bench should be announced next week. All the Spanish media are unanimous, and they have even started to reveal a lot of information about the Special One’s plans for his second adventure at the head of the Merengues. The Portuguese, for example, would have already asked the Merengue management to bring back Morten Hjulmand, the Sporting Portugal midfielder, just as he would also have asked for reinforcements in the defensive sector.
But we know, it is above all for his management of the locker room that he is expected. The Lusitanian will have to restore order after a chaotic season internally, marked by ego wars and conflicts between players and between players and coaches. A complex and delicate situation, and José Mourinho knows he is going to need help. As revealed yesterday by the Iberian media, for example, he wants to rely on Thibaut Courtois to help him restore order in the locker room.
Mourinho wants a team manager
In today’s edition, the daily Marca says a little more about the coach’s intentions. We learn that he asked management to bring in a profile that does not exist in the club. Le Mou thus wishes to enlist a man who can act as a liaison between management and the team, with a certain sporting background. A bit like Zinedine Zidane was at one time, before becoming an assistant and then a coach. He would be at the service of the coach and players, and above all, could help put out fires if necessary.
A team manager profile, explains the Spanish media, and which would help Mourinho a lot. The latter could thus concentrate fully on the tactical and technical aspect of football, and would therefore delegate somewhat ancillary questions, more linked to player management, to this new profile. However, he would have to have a certain legitimacy among the players, hence this idea of enlisting a former great player of the club for this position. To be continued…
