{"id":104402,"date":"2026-01-19T07:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mourinho-rules-out-real-madrid-return-i-dont-like-soap-operas\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:20:55","slug":"mourinho-rules-out-real-madrid-return-i-dont-like-soap-operas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/mourinho-rules-out-real-madrid-return-i-dont-like-soap-operas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourinho rules out Real Madrid return: &#8220;I don&#8217;t like soap operas&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mourinho Denies Rumors About His Possible Return to Real Madrid<\/h2>\n\nBenfica coach Jos\u00e9 Mourinho has dismissed any speculation about a possible return to Real Madrid this summer, calling the rumors a &#8220;soap opera&#8221;.\n\nThe news comes after Real Madrid and Xabi Alonso ended their contract last week, naming \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa as his replacement.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Don&#8217;t count on me for soap operas. There are many good soap operas, but they take too long.<\/p><cite>Jos\u00e9 Mourinho<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMourinho, 62 years old, led Real Madrid for three seasons (2010-2013), winning a LaLiga title, a Copa del Rey, and a Spanish Super Cup.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0119%2Fr1602628_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Jos\u00e9 Mourinho spent three years in charge of Real Madrid.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nThe Benfica coach, who signed in September, has a contract until June 2027.\n\nBenfica, currently third in the Primeira Liga, 10 points behind leader FC Porto, will face Juventus on Wednesday in the Champions League, before hosting Real Madrid on January 28.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mourinho Denies Rumors About His Possible Return to Real Madrid Benfica coach Jos\u00e9 Mourinho has dismissed any speculation about a possible return to Real Madrid this summer, calling the rumors a &#8220;soap opera&#8221;. The news comes after Real Madrid and Xabi Alonso ended their contract last week, naming \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa as his replacement. Don&#8217;t count [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2444,718,795,254],"class_list":{"0":"post-104402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-benfica","9":"tag-coach","10":"tag-jose-mourinho","11":"tag-real-madrid"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}