Jose Mourinho has agreed a three-year contract to become Real Madrid's new head coach, sources say. The 63-year-old will not be officially presented until after the club's presidential election on 7 June, and the deal is conditional on Florentino Pérez remaining in office.
Pérez, 79, announced the election earlier this month in an extraordinary news conference in which he criticised journalists and La Liga and said there had been an “organised campaign” against him. Pérez has been president since 2009 (and previously served between 2000 and 2006). He has overseen two successive seasons without a major trophy, and faces a rare challenger in renewables tycoon Enrique Riquelme — the first contested presidential election at the club in 20 years — although Pérez is still widely expected to win.
Mourinho is leaving Benfica, where he took charge in September and led them to a third-place finish in the Primeira Liga this season. He returns to the Bernabéu having previously managed Real between 2010 and 2013, winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup during that spell. He will replace Álvaro Arbeloa, who took interim charge in January after Xabi Alonso left the role.
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