LISBON.- The coach of Benfica, Jose Mourinhostated this Friday that the real Madrid He has not been contacted, despite speculation about possible interest from the Spanish giant.
The veteran Portuguese coach, who led the whites between 2010 and 2013 in a constant battle with the Barcelona of Pep Guardiolawould be, according to the press, one of the names that are being talked about for Real Madrid.
The current Madrid coach, Alvaro Arbeloait seems that he will not continue on the white bench given the team’s prospect of closing a second consecutive season without titles.
“No one from Real Madrid has spoken to me. I can guarantee it,” Mourinho, 63, told reporters.
“I have been in football for many years and I am used to these things… but there is nothing about Real Madrid,” he added.
The president of the meringues, Florentino Perezappointed Arbeloa as coach in January to replace Xabi Alonsowho was only in charge of the team for a few months.
Real Madrid is 11 points behind the leader of LaLigaBarcelona, with five games remaining in the Spanish circuit, and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Champions League for him Bayern Munich.
“I have one year left on my contract with Benfica and nothing more,” insisted Mourinho, whose team was eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid in the play-off round in February.
Monterrey dismisses Argentine Nicolás Sánchez
He Monterey announced this Thursday the dismissal of the Argentine technical director Nicolas Sanchezafter the team’s elimination in the regular phase of the Clausura 2026 Mexican soccer tournament.
Sánchez’s departure is the third blow that the Striped this week, after the sports president was also dismissed Jose Antonio Noriega and the Spanish midfielder Sergio Canales announced his departure after six tournaments.
“We recognize at all times his identification with the values of the club and the responsibility with which he represented our institution,” said the Monterrey team in the statement in which it announced the coach’s departure.
Sánchez, 40, took charge of Monterrey on the ninth day of Clausura 2026 after the dismissal of the Spanish coach Domènec Torrent.
