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01 May 2013 [14:26] - Today.Az
José Mourinho has given the clearest indication yet that he will leave Real Madrid for Chelsea at the end of the season. Asked directly if he would be at the Bernabéu next season, having watched his side go out 4-3 on aggregate to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League semi-final, Mourinho said: "Maybe not."
The Portuguese coach, whose relationship with some supporters, players and the media, has been fraught in Spain, said he wants to be "where people love me". He added: "I know I am loved in England. I am loved by some clubs, especially one." The contrast with Spain could not be any greater.
Madrid were knocked out in the last-four stage for the third successive season after a 2-0 second-leg victory was not enough to overturn a 4-1 defeat in the first leg and, unlike last season, Mourinho did not take the opportunity to announce that he would continue. Instead he revealed that he intends to see out the season and then discuss his future with Madrid's president, Florentino Pérez. That discussion is more about the way he departs than whether he goes at all.
Mourinho had avoided commenting on his future over the past few months as speculation grew that he was planning to walk away but he also avoided committing himself to the club beyond the end of the season, even though he has a contract until 2016. On Tuesday he dropped an extremely heavy hint that his future lies at Stamford Bridge.
/The Guardian/
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