Florentino Perez delighted with Jose Mourinho’s impact at Real Madrid – report | OneFootball

Real Madrid have started the season in perfect fashion, securing three victories in their first three La Liga games.

Los Blancos beat Malaga 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu last night, with a brace from Jude Bellingham and goals from Arda Guler and Kylian Mbappe securing the victory.

Jose Mourinho has galvanised the team to a large extent, and everyone seems to be playing collectively to help Madrid return to where they belong.

Now, according to Defensa Central, president Florentino Perez is delighted with the early impact of the Portuguese tactician.

Perez’s satisfaction is said to go beyond just the results, with the attitude and collective behaviour of the players particularly interesting.

Florentino credits Jose for the change

The report claims Perez has privately highlighted Mourinho as the central figure behind the transformation.

The Madrid president believes Mourinho “has convinced everyone to play as a team”, a significant endorsement so early in the coach’s second spell at the Bernabeu.

Jose Mourinho has started in spectacular fashion at Madrid. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

That fits with the changes already being seen under Mourinho. Madrid’s biggest names are being asked to function within the collective rather than simply allowing individual quality to decide matches.

For a squad as star-studded as the one at the Bernabeu, egos were always going to be an issue, and it needed someone like Jose to get them all to rally around one another.

For Perez, seeing the squad buy into Jose Mourinho’s methods is the best possible start to his new presidential term.

Jose Mourinho wants everyone involved

Mourinho himself stressed after the Malaga victory that maintaining harmony across such a talented squad will be a season-long challenge.

“It is a difficult mission and it is not a mission for one month, but for a season,” Mourinho said.

He pointed to the competition throughout his squad, with Trent Alexander-Arnold starting while Denzel Dumfries was on the bench.

Similarly, the Portuguese manager gave Marc Cucurella a start ahead of Alvaro Carreras, while Brahim Diaz replaced Arda Guler.

Madrid have a squad where almost every single position has at least two players capable enough to compete for the starting berth.

Jose Mourinho needs to manage everyone’s minutes to keep the squad fresh and happy through the course of the season.

Trophies will be the ultimate judgement

While the early signs under Mourinho have been encouraging, he will know that he will ultimately be judged by the silverware he manages to win.

The Real Madrid squad are playing as a cohesive unit. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

The Madrid squad has never lacked individual talent. The bigger challenge was creating a side in which those individuals came together to become a team.

Three league victories and a 4-0 win over newly promoted Malaga does not prove the transformation is complete.

However, what is perhaps even more important is that the change in mentality is already evident, and that is a good place to start.

It remains to be seen how Mourinho’s team fare against tougher opposition and whether this collective spirit can continue through the course of the campaign.