Florentino Perez confirms Jose Mourinho as Real Madrid manager if he wins elections

[p]In a brief video shared on the official Instagram account of Perez's campaign, Mourinho appears wearing a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] shirt and simply says: "Yes."[/p][p]The announcement was released at almost the same time as Perez's electoral rival, Enrique Riquelme, was preparing to unveil a major signing on a television programme.[/p][embed guid="a86ee8c8-b947-4557-9635-e47b38df828b" url="https://x.com/Florentino2026_/status/2062263406686568460" social-type="twitter" /][p]The video starts with the caption: "While they talk and talk and talk on TV", before cutting to Mourinho, dressed in white, delivering his response.[/p][p]Should Perez win the election, Mourinho would return to the club 13 years after his departure in 2013.[/p][p]Mourinho first joined Real Madrid in 2010, spending three seasons at the club.[/p][p]During his tenure, he won one LaLiga title, a Copa del Rey and a Spanish Super Cup.[/p][p]Appointing the divisive Mourinho would be a gamble on the part of president Perez after Los Blancos finished without a major trophy for a second consecutive season.[/p]