{"id":5254,"date":"2026-04-28T12:23:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5254"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:23:52","slug":"jose-mourinho-emerges-as-favourite-for-return-to-former-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5254","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho emerges as favourite for return to former club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>He is the &#8216;preferred candidate&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Jose Mourinho has emerged as a favourite to return to one of his iconic former clubs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Only joining Benfica in September, he is yet to lose a top-flight game in Portugal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Despite this, &#8220;The Special One&#8221; could be set for a sensational return to none-other than the iconic Real Madrid dugout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>As per a breaking report from David Ornstein, he is the &#8220;preferred candidate&#8221; to take over in the summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Florentino Perez, the Madrid president, wants to make the final decision regarding the appointment, and Mourinho is number 1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Spending three seasons with the Galacticos between 2010 and 2013, he guided the club to Copa del Rey and La Liga glory, in a period where Barcelona were renowned as legendary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Jose #Mourinho #emerges #favourite #return #club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He is the &#8216;preferred candidate&#8217; Jose Mourinho has emerged as a favourite to return to one of his iconic former clubs. Only joining Benfica in September, he is yet to lose a top-flight game in Portugal. Despite this, &#8220;The Special One&#8221; could be set for a sensational return to none-other than the iconic Real Madrid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1765,2990,1814,3630,3329,780],"class_list":{"0":"post-5254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-club","9":"tag-emerges","10":"tag-favourite","11":"tag-jose","12":"tag-mourinho","13":"tag-return"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}