Real Madrid part company with Mourinho

Real Madrid have confirmed that manager
Jose Mourinho will leave the club at the
end of the season by mutual consent.
Speculation has been rife that the
Portuguese manager would leave the
Bernabeu and he has been heavily linked
with a return to former club Chelsea, who
are seeking a replacement for Rafael
Benitez.
And during a press conference on
Monday, Madrid president Florentino
Perez revealed the 50-year-old will leave
the club after their final match of the
season.
Perez said, "The time is right to bring our
relationship to an end.
"On behalf of the board of directors would
like to thank Jose Mourinho for all his
hard work. The team have improved in
his three years and we wish him all the
best."
The 50-year-old joined Real in 2010, after
completing the treble with Inter in the
2009-10 season. He won his first trophy
with the club in 2011, when they beat
arch-rivals Barcelona 1-0 in the final of
the Copa del Rey.
A year later he guided the club to a first
La Liga title in four years, obtaining 100
points in the process.
Despite domestic success, Mourinho has
fallen short in three attempts at the UEFA
Champions League, falling at the semi-
finals each time, including this season's
4-3 aggregate defeat to Borussia
Dortmund.
Though Mourinho broke Barcelona's La
Liga dominance in 2012, he has endured a
testing relationship with some of the
playing squad during his tenure, coming
under particular criticism for overlooking
goalkeeper Iker Casillas in favour of Diego
Lopez.