In the midst of crisis, Real Madrid opened discussions with Jose Mourinho: how much it costs to hire him

In full crisis, with Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni barely fined with 500,000 euros each after fighting in the dressing room, Real Madrid started preliminary talks with one of the coaches considered among the favorites to take over the team's bench.

It is about Jose Mourinho, currently on the bench of the Portuguese team Benfica. Transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano revealed this afternoon that “Real Madrid have launched the Jose Mourinho operation, with direct contacts now taking place between the parties“.

Real Madrid have started talks with Jose Mourinho

Employed by Benfica in September 2025, Mourinho has one year left on his contract with the Portuguese capital. Benfica would like to continue the collaboration, but Mourinho is tempted to return to Madridwhere he worked between 2010 and 2013.

The cited source says that everything depends on the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, from whom the green light is expected for naming the Portuguese.

Mourinho's 'transfer' would cost Real Madrid around 3 million eurosthe value of the release clause in Jose's contract with Benfica, according to The Athletic.

With Mourinho on the bench, Benfica won 26 of the 43 matches played. The Lusitanian team was eliminated from the Champions League even by Real Madrid, in the play-off for the eighth. In the Cup, it was eliminated by FC Porto in the quarter-finals, and in the championship, it lost the title also to the “dragons”.

In his previous tenure at Madrid, Mourinho won the Spanish Cup in 2011, the title in 2012 and the Super Cup in the same year.