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Can Mourinho Revive Real Madrid?

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

The FC Crew discuss whether or not Jose Mourinho is the right man to bring Real Madrid back from the chaotic state that the club is in right now. Then, the latest on the incident between Valverde and Tchouaméni as Real Madrid announce €500k fines for each player. Also, a debate over if Bruno Fernandes was deserving of the FWA Footballer of the Year award and a preview of Liverpool vs Chelsea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello, welcome in to the latest edition of ESPNFC, K Murray, Craig Burley, Shaka Hislop here in the studio over in Barcelona, ahead of El Classico.

0:47.3

We've got Luis Garcia and Alejandro Moreno and coming to us from Madrid, our Spanish football correspondent and Madrid correspondent,

0:54.4

Alex Kirkland, who we very much... The fighting capital of Madrid, it seems. Don't you start to do. No, no, no. I'm staying out of it. Don't you throw a left hook at me or a left jab. So that's one of the topics. There's another one today, because we've heard of Jose Marino's name being linked with a return to Real Madrid, Alex,

1:11.0

but it does seem to be that he is emerging as a serious contender right now,

1:15.5

and those reports have got stronger today. Is this going to happen?

1:21.7

Yeah, multiple reports today, as you say, Kay, that there has been direct contact with Marino,

1:26.8

with his agent, George Mendez,

1:28.7

that Marino has even been informed about what's been going on behind the scenes

1:31.5

around in terms with that dressing room bust up this week.

1:35.5

We had said he was one of the names that's being discussed, a name that was on the shore list.

1:39.7

It does feel like it's becoming more of a reality now.

1:43.2

And I've got to say, just a bizarre,

1:46.0

you know, mad week here in Madrid in terms of what's going on in that dressing room. I don't

1:50.6

know about you, you kind of get to the point where you think, well, maybe Jose is the answer.

1:54.1

As wild as it sounded when his name was first linked, because look, he has been kind of,

1:59.8

you know, in the relative wilderness

2:01.0

as a coach for the last decade or so hasn't been winning things hasn't been a top line manager

2:06.9

given the mess that there is to sort out here at the bernabeyu you know like i say you're going to get

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