MADRID, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid has confirmed Jose Mourinho on Thursday as its new first team coach with the Portuguese returning 13 years after his last spell at the club.
The 63-year-old leaves Benfica with Real Madrid paying the Portuguese club a 15 million euro compensation fee (17.3 million US dollars) and has signed a three-year contract until the end of June 2029.
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez had said Mourinho would be Real Madrid coach if he won last Sunday's election for the club presidency against businessman Enrique Riquelme, in which he claimed with 65 percent of the vote.
Mourinho's first spell in charge between 2010 and 2013 saw him lead the club to one La Liga title along with the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Supercup.
During his election campaign, Perez also promised that the club would sign French international defender Ibrahima Konate, who leaves Liverpool on a free transfer, Inter Milan's Dutch international Denzel Dumfries as well as a 150 million euro signing, which saw Atletico Madrid on Tuesday reject a bid of that amount for striker Julian Alvarez.
Mourinho will start working with the Real Madrid squad on Saturday.
