{"id":570315,"date":"2026-05-07T02:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/570315\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T02:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:42:10","slug":"mourinho-makes-three-non-negotiable-demands-as-next-week-decision-reached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/570315\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourinho makes three &#8216;non-negotiable demands&#8217; as &#8216;next week&#8217; decision reached"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Mourinho has told Florentino Perez his \u2018non-negotiable demands\u2019 to return to Real Madrid in a one-hour meeting with the Los Blancos president.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur boss is currently in charge of Benfica, but he has emerged as Real Madrid\u2019s top target to replace Alvaro Arbeloa as Liverpool hero Jurgen Klopp has given no indication of a desire to return to management.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho previously managed Real Madrid between 2010 and 2013, winning the La Liga title in the 2010\/11 season and retains a good relationship with president Perez.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/next-real-madrid-manager-after-xabi-alonso\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Mourinho now favourite for stunning Real Madrid return<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano confirmed last month that Mourinho is \u201cready\u201d to return.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/real-madrid-klopp-mourinho-dressing-room-votes-romano-ready-claim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Romano said<\/a>: \u201cIt is going to be a very special and busy summer at Real Madrid. We know there are several situations, players leaving, players arriving, players returning, and also the manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Jurgen Klopp, either he puts himself back in the market as a manager, or Real Madrid will not disturb his agreement with the Red Bull group. So it depends on Klopp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the other side, Jose Mourinho is ready to go to Real Madrid, but that depends on Florentino Perez\u2019s decision. So that is the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benfica are keen for Mourinho to remain in charge but it\u2019s been revealed that his current contract includes a release clause worth three million euros.<\/p>\n<p>But Mourinho and Perez are in talks over his return to the Bernabeu according to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/real-madrid\/20260506\/1004179611\/reunion-florentino-perez-mourinho.html\" target=\"_blank\">a report from Esdiario (via Mundo Deportivo)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The pair have held a one-hour video conference to discuss the potential to reunite next season along with Mourinho\u2019s long-term representative Jorge Mendes.<\/p>\n<p>The super-agent \u2018was not participating\u2019 as it\u2019s claimed Mourinho has said neither yes nor no to the move, instead laying out his \u2018non-negotiable demands\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Its claimed that he wants a restructuring of the medical department, full disciplinary authority and absolute sporting control of Real Madrid, with Perez set to \u2018respond next week\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/kylian-mbappe-real-madrid-fabrizio-romano\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kylian Mbappe to leave Real Madrid? Fabrizio Romano reveals \u2018reality\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benfica want Jose Mourinho to \u2018retire\u2019 with them<\/p>\n<p>A fresh report in Spain claims Benfica want to tie Mourinho to a new contract and are \u2018negotiating\u2019 to \u2018cancel his release clause\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Benfica are said to have \u2018great concern\u2019 about Mourinho\u2019s future and are \u2018trying to retain\u2019 him beyond this summer.<\/p>\n<p>He is also being mooted as a replacement for Portugal boss Roberto Martinez after the World Cup, but Benfica\u2019s \u2018plan\u2019 is for a \u2018contract extension to secure his continued presence\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The report explains:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This extension would include a significant salary increase to convince the former Chelsea, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Porto, Tottenham Hotspur, AS Roma or Fenerbah\u00e7e player.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If Mourinho ultimately accepts this offer and reaches an agreement with Benfica\u2019s management, it is very likely that this will be his last experience on the sidelines before announcing his final retirement.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But Mourinho does remain a target for Real Madrid, with journalist Nicolo Shira revealing an update on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said on X: \u2018Jos\u00e8 #Mourinho is a strong candidate for #RealMadrid\u2019s bench for the next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018#Benfica would like to keep him, but there is a release clause (\u20ac3M) in the contract. It\u2019s up to the Special One decides what to do\u2026 #transfers\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho has told Florentino Perez his \u2018non-negotiable demands\u2019 to return to Real Madrid in a one-hour meeting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-570315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}