JOSE MOURINHO WINS POWER BATTLE

Directly after the dismissal of Jorge Valdano Real Madrid’s Director General during May 2011. The Spanish Giant’s have promoted their manager Jose Mourinho by naming him as their new “Sporting Manager of Football”.

President Fiorentino Perez decided to sack their former player and manager, the Argentine Jorge Valdano
instead favouring Jose Mourinho by giving him more wide-ranging influence in the club.

In a brief statement from the club on their website, Real Madrid said that Jose Mourinho’s new position was rubber stamped at a board meeting on Friday 
22 July 2011.

At previous managerial stints at Chelsea FC and Internationazle FC, Jose Mourinho was given more freer rein than he was initially given at Real Madrid.

In conclusion, according to media reports Jose Mourinho also harboured a grudge over a newspaper column Jorge Valdano wrote several years ago criticizing his tactics during the period he was the manager of Chelsea FC.