{"id":474840,"date":"2026-05-30T14:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/474840\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T14:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:25:09","slug":"real-madrid-first-mourinho-signing-agreed-as-award-winner-accepts-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/474840\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid: First Mourinho signing agreed as award-winner &#8216;accepts&#8217; offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nico Paz has agreed to become the first new arrival of Jose Mourinho\u2019s second spell at Real Madrid, according to a report, and he could be followed to the Bernabeu by two big names.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho has agreed a three-year contract to return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/real-madrid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Madrid<\/a>. The move is dependent on Florentino Perez fighting off Enrique Riquelme to remain as the club\u2019s president.<\/p>\n<p>Perez wants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/jose-mourinho\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mourinho<\/a> to restore order to Madrid\u2019s fractured dressing room, while also getting the team to compete for LaLiga and Champions League glory.<\/p>\n<p>Perez sacked Alvaro Arbeloa after Los Blancos went a second season without a trophy, which is deemed failure at the capital club.<\/p>\n<p>Perez and Mourinho are in agreement that Madrid need to strengthen their midfield before improving the defence.<\/p>\n<p>To bring extra creativity to the No 10 role, they will re-sign Paz from Como, as per Spanish newspaper <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/primera\/nico-paz-sera-oficial-despues-de-las-elecciones-f202605-n\/\" target=\"_blank\">AS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/best-footballers-available-free-transfers-contract-summer-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 20 best footballers out of contract and available for free this summer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Madrid let the attacking midfielder join Como for \u20ac6million in August 2024, and they will trigger their \u20ac9m (\u00a38m) buy-back clause this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Paz has gone from strength to strength in Italy, having been named Serie A\u2019s midfielder of the year after playing a key role in Como qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n<p>Paz managed 12 goals and seven assists in 35 league appearances for Cesc Fabregas\u2019 side.<\/p>\n<p>Reports in the Spanish press claimed on Wednesday that Mourinho wants a creative playmaker \u2013 a role Paz will fill \u2013 before landing a defensive midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid would love to sign Rodri, but Manchester City are holding firm. Spanish radio station COPE claimed on Friday that Perez is plotting a blockbuster double deal for Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Joao Neves and Inter Milan centre-back Alessandro Bastoni.<\/p>\n<p>However, a deal for Neves will probably be even harder than a deal for Rodri, as PSG are determined to keep the Portugal star.<\/p>\n<p>Mac Allister, Bastoni among Real Madrid targets<\/p>\n<p>Alexis Mac Allister could emerge as an alternative for Madrid, as Liverpool are warming to his exit.<\/p>\n<p>Bastoni, meanwhile, has been identified as a possible replacement for David Alaba in defence.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian is open to leaving Inter this summer and will cost around \u20ac75m (\u00a365m). El Debate have suggested Mourinho has already \u2018convinced\u2019 Bastoni to join Madrid later this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid have also been given the opportunity to reopen talks with Ibrahima Konate.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old centre-half will be available on a free transfer this summer after contract talks with Liverpool collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>Konate is known to be keen on reuniting with Trent Alexander-Arnold in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n<p>PSG, Bayern Munich and Chelsea could all provide Madrid with competition for Konate.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/top-scorers-2026-mbappe-haaland-kane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who is the top scorer of 2026? Harry Kane running away with the title<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nico Paz has agreed to become the first new arrival of Jose Mourinho\u2019s second spell at Real Madrid,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[914,42,9886,43,3166,3405,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-474840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-front-page","tag-headlines","tag-jose-mourinho","tag-news","tag-real-madrid","tag-soccer","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}