Brutally honest Mourinho talks about Real players

The World Cup is in full motion and the hype is just getting bigger as the knockout phase is about to begin. While the vast majority is watching football in the USA, Mexico and Canada, clubs are working silently and are strengthening their teams, Real included. After securing the services of Jose Mourinho, which could prove to be a great decision (or a terrible one, considering his results with the last four teams), Florentino Perez decided to back him up fully for the next season. Marc Cucurella, Bernardo Silva and Ibrahima Konate already arrived, and it is widely expected that Enzo Fernandez will move from Chelsea in a 120 million euros transfer soon. And Mourinho talked about his future players and made some interesting observations, as always.

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Former Inter coach was a guest on the ‘Beast Mode On Podcast’, hosted by former footballer Adebayo Akinfenwa and the first thing he wanted to address was the rooster. Mourinho vowed to keep the current stars rather than sell them, which is a narrative often heard in the Spanish media.

“I’ve read some things saying that Jose is coming here and he’s going to cut some of the best players who supposedly had problems during the season. No, no, I want these players, I want these players, I want the best. Now I have to find a way to have a team and not have the problems that, I don’t know, from what I’ve read, they had in previous seasons. The best problem a coach can have is having the best players. If you have problems with players who aren’t very good, that’s a big problem” the Portuguese said.

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Since Real is one the biggest clubs in the world, many of it’s players are currently at the World Cup. In fact there are 11 of them but Mourinho is much more selfish and replied honestly when asked about them.

"You want the truth? I want the Real Madrid players to lose and go on vacation. Because I want the lads back for preseason" he said with a smile. Typical Jose.