Former Real Madrid president, Ramon Calderon, has suggested that Jose Mourinho could replace Rafael Benitez at the club.
Mourinho is under serious pressure at Stamford Bridge, after a terrible start to the current campaign. The Blues have suffered seven defeats in their opening 12 Premier League games, but club owner, Roman Abramovich, is prepared to give the Portuguese a chance to turn around Chelsea’s fortunes.
During his three years at the Santiago Bernabeu, Mourinho was involved in a number of bust-ups with several players, but guided Madrid to a league title and three Champions League semi-finals.
Calderon claims he will be welcomed back.
“It’s not a secret that the current Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez, has backed Mourinho many times,” he told Talksport.
“He likes him a lot and you can’t rule out seeing him again on the bench at the Bernabeu.
“I know it seems strange, but if Benitez doesn’t have a good season and Mourinho gets sacked by Chelsea, I insist you can’t rule out seeing him here again.
“I know that the president tried to have him here instead of Benitez, but Mourinho said he didn’t want it and that it wasn’t the right time to come back.
“But after two or three years I can see him here again. It happened the same with Chelsea, they sacked him but then he came back. In football that is normal.
“The current president has a lot of interest in Mourinho, he backed him a lot during his time at Madrid and Mourinho is his favourite coach.”
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