Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez, has admitted that the former manager, Jose Mourinho, raised the level at the club.
Mourinho was in charge of the La Liga side from 2010 to 2013. Perez, speaking to Spanish radio station Cadena Cope, spoke about the positive things he did.
When asked whether he would hire Mourinho again, Perez said: “We don’t contemplate that, but he gave us a very important leap in quality to occupy the place we deserved in the world.”
Madrid reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for three straight seasons under Mourinho and won the league with a record-breaking 100 points.
“Mourinho, like any other coach, has his good and bad things,” Perez said.
“He started well and raised the level. He gave us that push that we needed to progress past the last 16 stages in competitions.
“With Mourinho we reached three semifinals besides winning a league title – a league that we won with 100 points.”
When Perez was quizzed as to whether the Portuguese was the best coach he had ever hired, he showed full support for the current manager, saying: “My best coach is Rafa Benitez.” .
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