🚨 Lower wages than at Benfica! Mourinho signs for Real | OneFootball

The sparrows had been chirping it from the rooftops for quite some time, and now Benfica have made it official: José Mourinho is returning to Madrid and will be the new old coach of Los Blancos.

Re-elected president Florentino Pérez had already announced this spectacular return in the event of an election victory. According to an official statement from Mourinho’s now former club Benfica, Real had to put around 15 million euros on the table to buy the 63-year-old Portuguese coach out of his contract, which was set to run until 2027.

Mourinho thus becomes the successor to Àlvaro Arbeloa, who took over the team last season after Alonso was dismissed.

What makes Mourinho’s new contract particularly explosive, after having already coached Real between 2010 and 2013: he is reportedly set to earn significantly less than he did at Benfica.

Sport Bild reports this, citing information from insider Ramon Alvarez de Mon. According to the report, Real have prepared a two-year contract with an option for a third year.

The coach is expected to earn around twelve million euros gross per season.

At Benfica, according to Portuguese media, Mourinho earned 16 million euros gross in his first year, and in the second year, which would have started this summer, he would even have received 18 million euros gross. Mourinho himself denied those figures at the time, however.

Still, if the information is even close to correct, it means Mourinho is giving up a considerable amount in salary to make this comeback possible.

We’re very excited to see whether he can lead Real Madrid back to more regal heights. What do you think? Is the right coach now sitting on the bench in Madrid? Feel free to write it in the comments!

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