When Real Madrid change coach, there is a lot at stake. When it is also to be done during the club’s internal presidential election, then the excitement increases. Real Madrid are said to have agreed with Jose Mourinho on the personal terms for a long time, but the La Liga giant still chose not to take advantage of the €6 million buyout clause at Benfica. It ran out on Friday.
Does this mean that the Real Madrid management has started to doubt Mourinho as a chosen one? According to The Athletic , this is about the election of a new club president and the noise a Mourinho confirmation would have created.
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According to the English media, Mourinho’s buyout clause has now increased to €15 million, with Benfica unlikely to let their coach go for less.
According to The Athletic , this was a deliberate choice on Real Madrid’s part not to activate the clause during the election campaign, because it would have forced Benfica to make the process public to its shareholders – thus making the transfer official in the middle of the election campaign.
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Then we will see if there will be any surprise around the choice of coach, if the almighty Florentino Perez loses the presidential election.
