Real Madrid are forced back to the drawing board in manager hunt

Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has moved quickly to play down rumours that he will succeed Juande Ramos at Real Madrid this summer.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, and our GCSE-standard knowledge of the Italian language, Mourinho said:

“I’m 99.9% certain that I will stay at Inter but whoever manages Real next year will be a very lucky man.”

With Arsene Wenger likely to stay at Arsenal and Carlo Ancelotti seemingly heading to Chelsea, Florentino Perez is running short on options as he looks for a big-name boss to boost his election campaign. Who should he go for?