The Special One is Back: Inside Mourinho’s €15M Real Madrid Return and Pérez’s Savage Tactical Rebuild

The biggest soap opera of the summer has finally come to its conclusion. As we had reported before in detail about the extreme foresight of Florentino Pérez, the rumours that have taken over the footballing world were indeed true. The ultimate tactical game-changer is back at the Santiago Bernabeu. In an unbelievable turn of events for the world’s media outlets, The Special One is Back.

The insanity all started with Portugal. Using their official digital outlets, SL Benfica left no stone unturned in surprising everyone when they issued a statement announcing that José Mourinho had resigned from his position to move to Real Madrid as the club’s new coach.

Notably, there was no attempt at hiding any financial aspects regarding the massive transfer fee that Real Madrid had to dish out to secure the transfer deal of Mourinho for a €15 million buy-out package.

As soon as SL Benfica issued the official statement, Mourinho took to social media to say a touching goodbye to his loyal fans. Through an uploaded image that featured the caption ‘A good bye’, Mourinho thanked the Benfica board members and fans who had stood behind his project before going on to talk about his upcoming challenge in Spain. "A beautiful chapter ends, and another historic one begins. Thank you, Lisbon. Madrid, I am coming home." — José Mourinho via Instagram.

Whereas Lisbon was saying goodbye to its idol, Madrid had plenty of work to do. As a prelude to Mourinho's undisputed dominance of the team, Real Madrid declared the sudden end of Álvaro Arbeloa's reign as coach.

Pérez didn't waste any time in disposing ruthlessly of the former Madrid footballer in order to ensure a swift and smooth transfer of power without a hitch. The departure of Arbeloa means that the transitional period has come to an end and that a highly disciplined regime is about to begin.

The return of José Mourinho is truly typical of Florentino Pérez. Immediately after massive reshuffles within the team and record-breaking transfers, appointing such a coach will surely signify an outright challenge to all other football clubs around the world.

During Mourinho's first period in Madrid, he always attacked the game with such a brutal counterattack spirit that ended up challenging the supremacy of Barcelona domestically. With all these young superstars at his disposal and unlimited finances at hand, his return is bound to be an epic movie indeed.

Sportscape believes that the theatrical politics of the boardroom are over. The Special One has returned to his throne, and European football will see the Special One’s white magic once again.