Real Madrid on Thursday officially announced they were bringing back Jose Mourinho for a second stint, some 13 years after he left the Spanish powerhouse.
The Portuguese coach joins on a three-year contract and will officially take charge on July 13, when the preseason starts, the club said.
Mourinho left no one in Spain indifferent to his abrasive, yet undeniably successful, managerial style when he first coached Madrid from 2010 to 2013.
During his first run, he led Madrid to a Spanish league title and a Copa del Rey crown. Yet he is more remembered for his confrontational personality that ended up splitting his own squad and alienating all but the most hardcore fans, as well as a large part of the local media.
He will now inherit an underachieving team and rejoin a club in disarray.
