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Jose Mourinho wants Liverpool legend Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid - Spanish TV claim!
JOSE MOURINHO has reportedly demanded Xabi Alonso be his assistant at Real Madrid.
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Manchester United manager Mourinho is supposedly being chased by Real Madrid.
The Bernabeu club are expected to sack Julen Lopetegui this week, with Mourinho and former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte on their radar.
Reports in Spain this morning claim Real have made a tentative approach for Mourinho, who is supposedly waiting for the boot at United.
And OK Diario editor Eduardo Inda reckons Mourinho is willing to re-join Real - but only with Xabi Alonso alongside him.
Alonso played under Mourinho at Real until the Portuguese boss lost his job in the summer of 2013.
Alonso earned his move to Real in 2009 off the back of a sterling career at Liverpool.
Eduardo Inda told El Chiringuito that Mourinho is willing to take the Real job.
"His intention, today, is that Xabi Alonso is his second,” Inda said.
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“It's Mou's idea in his head.”
Jose Mourinho is under pressure to get results at Old Trafford and is the favourite to be the first Premier League manager sacked this season.
But whether or not he rocks up at the Bernabeu remains to be seen.
Conte is out of work and seems a far more available manager than Mourinho - although Real would have to negotiate his release from the remaining months of his Chelsea contract.
Mourinho’s United play Juventus tonight off the back of three games without defeat.
They drew 2-2 at Chelsea at the weekend, conceding in the fifth minute of stoppage time to a Ross Barkley strike.
Real, meanwhile, play Plzen this evening but Lopetegui is tipped to lose his job regardless of the result.