Madrid open to manager's return

Perez claimed Mourinho's uneasy relationship with the Madrid media hindered his spell in charge, but suggested the 50-year-old could make a return in the future.

He told www.abc.es: "The door is not closed for Mourinho. It is difficult to understand what the media are like here but he is leaving us with sadness, I think.

It is not easy to live with this (media) pressure, which has sometimes been unjust, verging on personal insults."