Soccer-Mourinho lined up for Real return if Perez wins election


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Primeira Liga - Benfica v S.C. Braga - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - May 11, 2026 Benfica coach Jose Mourinho REUTERS/Pedro Rocha/File Photo

(Corrects paragraph 2 ⁠to say last league title ⁠was with Chelsea in 2014-15)

MADRID, June ‌3 (Reuters) - Jose Mourinho will return to manage Real Madrid if Florentino Perez wins the club's ​presidential election on Sunday, ⁠the sitting president ⁠confirmed on Wednesday as he campaigns for ⁠another ‌term at the helm of the LaLiga outfit.

Perez, facing ⁠renewable energy entrepreneur Enrique Riquelme in the ​club's ‌first contested election for 20 years, ⁠announced plans ​to bring back the Portuguese coach who guided Real to a record ⁠LaLiga points tally in 2012 ​but last lifted a league title with Chelsea in 2015.

The move follows a ⁠disappointing domestic campaign in which Barcelona secured back-to-back league titles.

Real, 15-times Champions League winners, have also exited Europe's ​top club competition at ⁠the quarter-final stage in the last two ​seasons, with the ‌absence of major silverware ​prompting Perez to call elections.

(Reporting by Fernando KallasEditing by Toby Davis)

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