Mourinho & Madrid: Why? What? How?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Jose Mourinho could be set for a dramatic return to the Bernabeu.
So is the Special One really the man to save Real Madrid?
Plus, the panel react to Tuesday night's remarkable Champions League semi-final first leg, as PSG beat Bayern Munich 5-4.
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
Guests: Tom Williams, Dermot Corrigan, Seb Stafford-Bloor
Executive Producers: Adey Moorhead
Producers: Mike Stavrou, Guy Clarke, Nick Thomson
Videographer: Liam Warburton
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayo Akeemolere. |
| 0:09.3 | Jose Marino could be set for a dramatic return back to the Bernabal. |
| 0:14.9 | So is the special one really the man to save Rail Madrid? |
| 0:21.5 | All right, in with us today. |
| 0:22.8 | We've got Tom Williams in the studio. |
| 0:24.3 | We've got Dermott Corrigan all the way out in Spain. |
| 0:26.3 | And later on, we'll be joined by Seb Stafford Blois, who will be talking about that |
| 0:30.6 | PSG versus Bayern Munich match, which ended 5'4. |
| 0:35.1 | Do not adjust your headphones, ladies and gentlemen. |
| 0:40.6 | It is 2026. There's a potential that Jose Marino will be going back to Real Madrid after 13 years away from the club. Look, Dermot. Real Madrid |
| 0:47.6 | loves drama, to say the least. What is going on here? Yeah, it is incredible. Jose |
| 0:53.3 | Marino had an unbelievably intense, unbelievably divisive spell as Real Madrid manager a long |
| 0:58.9 | time ago. |
| 1:00.2 | Ever since he left the club in 2013, there's always been still a connection. |
| 1:04.4 | He fell out with most people at the Bernabelle during that spell, but he never fell |
| 1:08.2 | out with Florentino Perez, who was the main decision maker at Real Madrid back then, and is still the main decision-maker at Real Madrid now. And Florentina-Paris is in a tight spot. He signed Alonzo last summer. The idea was to change, to become a bit more modern to bringing a new coach with the most, the latest tactical ideas that just didn't work out well with the dressing room at all. They went for Arbeloa in January, |
| 1:28.6 | a guy from inside the club who knew how the club works internally, but didn't have much experience, |
| 1:34.3 | didn't have any experience coaching at the top level. That hasn't worked out either. |
| 1:38.5 | If I don't even had a look around, maybe at what might be possible. And he's landed on |
| 1:42.6 | Marino, which is a, it's a bombshell it's really it's just |
| 1:46.9 | difficult to to explain really or just how how deeply he's into the real Madrid psyche what the |
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