Real Madrid “has always been more courted than Julia Roberts”, said coach Santiago Solari on Monday about rumours of a possible return of Jose Mourinho. Solari took over earlier this season and has a contract until 2021, but has just lost two Clasicos at home. He was speaking at a press conference ahead of Tuesday’s meeting with Ajax at the Bernabeu in the Champions League, a competition Real have won the last three years, and is the club’s only hope of a trophy this season.
Mourinho managed Real for three stormy seasons from 2010 to 2013. Over the weekend, he was a guest pundit on Qatar-based beIN Sport, where he analysed Real’s latest loss to Barcelona. “Return to a club that I have been before?” said Mourinho, who had two stints at Chelsea and was fired by Manchester United in December.
“If I think the right club, the right structure, the right ambitions, I will have no problem at all.“I think it’s really a reason of pride when a club where you worked before wants you back,” said Mourinho. Solari responded with a joke about Roberts at his press conference on Monday. When asked whether the actress would prefer himself or Mourinho, the Argentine smiled.