{"id":923209,"date":"2026-07-28T22:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/mourinho-is-exactly-what-real-madrid-need-right-now-insists-nacho\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T22:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:15:03","slug":"mourinho-is-exactly-what-real-madrid-need-right-now-insists-nacho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/mourinho-is-exactly-what-real-madrid-need-right-now-insists-nacho\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourinho is \u2018exactly what Real Madrid need right now\u2019, insists Nacho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nacho Fernandez believes Jose Mourinho&#8217;s return as head coach is &#8220;exactly what Real Madrid need right now&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho was reappointed as Madrid boss on a three-year deal following Alvaro Arbeloa&#8217;s departure at the end of last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 63-year-old previously took charge of Los Blancos between 2010 and 2013, winning one LaLiga title (2011-12), one Copa del Rey (2010-11) and one Supercopa de Espana (2012).<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho won 126 of his 174 games during his first spell (D27 L21), with his 72.4% win percentage with Madrid the highest of any side he has managed.<\/p>\n<p>Nacho made his senior debut for Madrid under Mourinho and went on to make 364 appearances for the LaLiga giants.<\/p>\n<p>The defender has backed Mourinho to thrive once again in the Spanish capital as Madrid look to bounce back from consecutive trophyless seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, for me and my whole family, Mourinho is a special person,&#8221; Nacho told AS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s the coach who has shaped my career, the one who gave me my debut, the one who gave me the opportunity.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xkWvkB61Zq\">pic.twitter.com\/xkWvkB61Zq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real Madrid C.F. \u00a0(@realmadriden) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realmadriden\/status\/2081726300071337991?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I made my debut that day, but I&#8217;d already done preseason training with him. After that match at Mestalla, many more games with the first team followed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mou will always be special to me. Regardless of the fact that he&#8217;s a great coach, which he is, for me and my whole family, he&#8217;s the coach, so to speak. What can I say?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wish him all the best in this second spell. I think a coach is coming in who&#8217;s exactly what Real Madrid needs right now, a bit of a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I remember that period as one of the best of my life. I was also at a time when we were doing very well at Castilla.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s where it all started for me at Real Madrid. And I&#8217;m very happy and very grateful, of course, to Mou.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, if the players and Mourinho can all pull together, I have no doubt that good things are coming for Real Madrid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/mourinho-is-exactly-what-real-madrid-need-right-now-insists-nacho\/402544\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews Editorial Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Nacho Fernandez believes Jose Mourinho&#8217;s return as head coach is &#8220;exactly what Real Madrid need right now&#8221;. Mourinho was reappointed as Madrid boss on a three-year deal following Alvaro Arbeloa&#8217;s departure at the end of last season. The 63-year-old previously took charge of Los Blancos between 2010 and 2013, winning one LaLiga title (2011-12), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":923210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1562,24124,2005],"tags":[8161,43308],"class_list":["post-923209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-exactly","category-mourinho","category-soccer","tag-exactly","tag-mourinho"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}