Open Thread: April 26, 2026
The Open Thread/Daily Merengue is a place where you can discuss anything and everything related to football. Feel free to discuss the topics presented here, or start your very own discussions! The Open thread will be posted every day by one of the mods you’d totally do a movie marathon night with: Valyrian Steel, Felipejack, Kung_Fu_Zizou (AKA KFZ ), Juninho, Ezek and, of course… yours truly .
Manager Talk 🚨 JUST IN: Real Madrid are now INFORMED about José Mourinho’s desire to RETURN. Mourinho has made it CLEAR to people close to him that he would like to return and have a 2ND CHANCE at the club. Real Madrid will decide on the new manager soon.
@FabrizioRomano pic. twitter. com/XW0hry0n1S — Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) April 26, 2026 🚨 NEW: Real Madrid will decide on their new manager SOON!
@FabrizioRomano ⏳ pic. twitter. com/rorA2wSsiX — Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) April 26, 2026 At Least We’re Consistent at Something 🚨 BREAKING: Real Madrid received an offer of €30M for Fran Garcia from a Premier League club in January.
Fran accepted it, and Arbeloa gave his green light. However, Florentino Perez said NO without even looking at the offer, as he believes it's a matter of "his philosophy… pic. twitter.