MOURINHO DELIGHTED

The Real Madrid manager José Mourinho has said that he is extremely happy that the Catalan club Barcelona’s dominance in the la Liga title has finally been broken by Real Madrid. The former Chelsea and Inter Milan manager José Mourinho has revealed that he was brought to the Santiago Bernebeu with the sole reason of bringing an end to the dominance of Barcelona. Prior to the arrival of José Mourinho, Barcelona had won three league titles. Even though José Mourinho was not successful in his first full season as the Real Madrid manager, he ultimately managed to bring an end to the dominance of Barcelona by winning the league title last season.

He has said that even though Real Madrid have only won one league title to show in the last four seasons, José Mourinho reckons that it is a step in the right direction and feels that Real Madrid will be able to win more titles in the future. Mourinho has said that it is certainly not enough that Real Madrid had one a league title last season. They must repeat the feat this time around as well in order to assert their dominance over Barcelona.

“What is clear is that we have broken Barcelona’s winning run, after the lifted one title after another. Now the balance has shifted and we’ll see how far we can ride the wave. In any case, you have to be honest: we are talking about Real Madrid and Barcelona, two very good teams, two great teams. If you took any other team in the world and put them in La Liga they would not finish either first or second,” said the Real Madrid manager José Mourinho in a recent interview. Mourinho has said that his target is now to win the Champions League with Real Madrid.

MORE DEPARTURES POSSIBLE

The Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta has said that there could still be departure from the camp Nou before the end of the transfer window. Barcelona have already sold a number of key players in the transfer window, while they have also lost Keita on a free transfer. Even though they have been quite active in the transfer window bringing in the likes of Jordi Alba and Alex Song, Andoni Zubizarreta has said that the club needs to balance the books by selling a few players before 31 August. Some of the players who have been linked with a move away from the camp Nou include the likes of Ibrahim Afellay, Jonathan dos Santos, and Marc Bartra.

While confirming that some of the players could leave the club, Zubizarreta also has said that he does not expect the club to sign any more players between now and the end of the transfer window. Jordi Alba was signed by the club for around £ 13 million, while Alex Song was signed for around £ 15 million from Arsenal a few days ago. Barcelona began the process of reclaiming the title from Real Madrid with a 5-1 win over Real Sociedad during the weekend. Tello was one of the outstanding players in the match.

“We like our squads to be fairly compact. Until the market closes, we have some interesting options to look into. We are working with some agents to see if we can find the best places for some of the players to develop their careers. As for further signings, we don’t have any plans. We have the squad we want. The renewal of Puyol is well-advanced. Both parties want to come to an agreement,” said the Barcelona sporting director in a recent press conference. Has also expressed his confidence about getting Tello to sign a new contract.