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The manager of Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho, has said that he doesn’t want to discuss much about Barcelona as they are not the La Liga Champions at the moment. Two days back, in one of his interviews, when the Real Madrid boss was asked a question about Barcelona, he got pissed off and replied, “Why do you guys keep asking questions about Barcelona all the time? There are a lot of other matters to be discussed. I think you guys should start asking lesser questions about Barcelona now as they are neither the La Liga Champions nor the European Champions.”

The Barcelona team is playing some outstanding football in the ongoing season and is currently placed at the top of the La Liga points table. Barca is 8 points ahead of Madrid at the moment. But, Mourinho believes that his team will go ahead of Barca in the points table at some point of time in the competition. Mourinho said, “I agree that we didn’t manage to make an ideal start to the competition. But, the players are settling into their groove now. We have played well in the last few matches and I am confident that if we keep playing like this, we will go at the top of the points table pretty soon.”

Mourinho also denied the reports of dispute between him and the former French midfielder Zinedine Zidane who is the director of football at Real Madrid. There have been reports that there is something wrong between Zidane and Mourinho and both of them are not happy with each other. When asked about that, Mourinho said, “These reports are not true at all. Everything is all right between me and Zidane. He is a great man and I respect him a lot. I am pretty happy working with him.”

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The former Real Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero has said that has no regrets about leaving the Santiago Bernebeu for the Loftus Road. QPR managed to secure his signature of one of the highly rated midfield players in the world. Esteban Granero has been thought of as the replacement for Kaka at the Santiago Bernabeu.

However, he has failed to get many first-team opportunities due to the presence of many players ahead of him in the pecking order. The arrival of Luka Modric will have once again hurt the number of first-team opportunities for the Argentine. As a result, he believes he has taken a good decision in leaving Real Madrid for QPR on the final day of the transfer window – though he was believed to have been close to a move to Anfield according to Liverpool FC News.

It is thought that the London club have managed to secure the services of the 25-year-old for around a £ 9 million. He has signed a four-year contract with the club. He has said that QPR have the ability to get into the top half of the Premier league table. QPR struggled with relation throughout last season, but they are not expected to be in the relegation trouble this time around as well due to the significant quality of players brought in the transfer window.

“It wasn’t a hard decision to come here. I’m hungry and here I will be able to grow as a player.  Real Madrid is a great club, I have played there since I was eight. I spent three years in the first team and I will always be thankful to them. But it was time to change and the best way to do that was join QPR. Since two weeks ago my thoughts are here and I don’t miss anything about Real. I wanted to be a part of QPR. I’m sure the project here will be good for me, and I’ll be good for QPR,” Granero told reporters.

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The manager of Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho, has said that the club is going to extend the contract of Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain for the next 4 years. In the last few days, there have been rumours that Higuain might take a transfer this summer. According to some reports, Higuain was not happy with the behaviour of Mourinho in the last season. Even after giving consistent performances, Mourinho didn’t give him opportunities to play in the big games and preferred Karim Benzema ahead of him. So, he was supposed to leave Madrid this summer. But, Mourinho has ended all these rumours by extending the contract of the striker.

Higuain had joined Real Madrid in 2006. He made his debut for Real Madrid against Real Betis in January 2007. His first goal for Madrid was against Atletico Madrid at Estadio Vicente Calderon. However, he wasn’t able to score many goals in the 2006-07 season. But, in the next season, he showed improvement in his performance and scored goals in some important matches. The 2009-10 season was the most successful season for Higuain. He scored 29 goals for Madrid in that season. Higuain went from strength to strength and scored a large number of goals in the last season as well. He scored 22 goals in the last season and helped Real Madrid won La Liga.

Mourinho has made it clear that the salary of the striker would not be increased. As per Mourinho, Higuain had contributed a lot in the team’s success last season. He has become a vital member of the team now. So, the club decided to extend his contract. There have been some reports that the club might extend the contract of Cristiano Ronaldo as well. On being asked about that, Mourinho said that the club hasn’t yet thought about the extension of Ronaldo’s contract and whenever it happens, the media would be informed.

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Portuguese legend Eusebio has said that he is very much looking forward to the friendly match between Real Madrid and Benfica that will take place on July 27. He has also said that the Spanish club Real Madrid are the best team in the world right now. The team, which is managed by the former Chelsea manager José Mourinho, managed to lift the league title ahead of Barcelona – one of the best teams in the world. They are looking to win the Champions League title this time around and Eusebio believes that the manager has the players at his disposal in order to do so.

Real Madrid will be playing Benfica in a friendly match. This is one of their first pre-season friendly matches of the campaign. As a result, Real Madrid manager José Mourinho is not expected to risk a number of his high profile players, who have just returned to training after being granted an extended holiday following the end of the Euro 2012. Cristiano Ronaldo is one among the players and Eusebio was also in high praise of the Portuguese star by saying that he is the best player in the world right now because he has everything in his locker.

“I’m happy for Benfica supporters because they’ll get a chance to see the best team in the world in action at their stadium. I think it will be packed. It says it all that they are the current Spanish champions. They had a spectacular season and this year’s may be even better given the progress they are making. He is a fantastic player who had a tremendous campaign. He is an all-rounder. He’s got it all. He is very, very good,” said the Portuguese legend Eusebio on the official website of Real Madrid prior to the visit to the Portuguese club.

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Real Madrid manager José Mourinho has said that his priority next season will be to guide the club to Champions League success. Real Madrid are the most successful team in the European competition after having lifted the famous trophy nine times in their history. AC Milan are the second team, but they have only seven trophies to their credit. However, it has been quite awhile since Real Madrid lifted the famous trophy – more than a decade to be precise. Real Madrid last tasted Champions League success under current Spanish manager Vicente del Bosque back in 2001.

They are looking to extend their record by winning the 10th Champions League title, but it has eluded them for the best part of a decade. Real Madrid recently appointed manager José Mourinho not only to wrestle the la Liga title back from Barcelona, but also to achieve this elusive dream. The Portuguese manager has won the famous competition twice with two different clubs, although he failed to achieve the dream with English club Chelsea. He is looking to become the first manager to win the title with three different clubs. As a result, he will be focusing on the prospect of winning the title next season according to the Portuguese.

“I want to win the Champions League with three distinct teams. Now Real Madrid has won the league, the objective for next season is to win the Champions League. I don’t believe I could manage a national team that only plays a game every two months and an official tournament every two years. I need the pressure of facing two or three games every week,” said José Mourinho regarding the priorities for next season. Real Madrid are not expected to change the squad dramatically after failing in the semi-final stage of the competition in succession.