Jose Mourinho wants Real Madrid players to exit FIFA World Cup early | Football News
4 min readJun 26, 2026 06:04 AM IST Incoming Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has wished that all of his club players have an early exit from the ongoing FIFA World Cup. Speaking on the Beast Mode On Podcast with Adebayo Akinfenwa, when Mourinho was asked what he was looking forward to the most at the ongoing FIFA World Cup, the Portuguese coach said with a chuckle: “You want the truth? I want Real Madrid players to lose and go on holidays. Because I want the guys back in pre-season.” Mourinho takes charge of the team in July when the World Cup ends. Currently, 11 Real Madrid players are at the World Cup with their national teams: Kylian Mbappe (France), Vinícius Júnior (Brazil), Jude Bellingham (England), Antonio Rüdiger (Germany), Aurélien Tchouaméni (France), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Federico Valverde (Uruguay), Endrick (Brazil), David Alaba (Austria) and Arda Güler (Turkey). He said that he was skipping most of the games at the current World Cup and will start focussing on watching from the knockout stages. When asked if …






