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Real Madrid’s managerial appointment ‘at the final stages’

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La Liga giants Real Madrid are closing on an agreement to appoint the club’s next first-team head coach.This comes amid confirmation that negotiations between Los Blancos and José Mourinho have rea...

Real Madrid’s managerial appointment ‘at the final stages’ La Liga giants Real Madrid are closing on an agreement to appoint the club’s next first-team head coach. This comes amid confirmation that negotiations between Los Blancos and José Mourinho have reached a crucial stage. It is of course common knowledge across world football at present that the Real Madrid brass have earmarked former headmaster Mourinho as a leading target to replace Álvaro Arbeloa on the club’s bench.

Amid the widely-publicised problems in the dressing room at Valdebebas, the Portuguese’s no-nonsense nature is evidently considered a necessary trait to get things back on track. And if the latest word stemming from the media on Wednesday is anything to go by, then Mourinho’s Bernabéu return now appears closer to reality than ever before. As per a report from journalist Fabrizio Romano: ‘José Mourinho’s return to Real Madrid now advancing to the final stages.

Talks are progressing well. Final approval from Florentino Pérez still needed and likely to wait until the elections, but Mourinho is ready and talks have been productive. ’ Conor Laird – GSFN