{"id":4098,"date":"2026-05-21T13:28:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/?p=4098"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:28:53","slug":"mourinho-wants-barcelona-star-to-join-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/?p=4098","title":{"rendered":"Mourinho wants Barcelona star to join Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Jose Mourinho is expected to bring big changes to Real Madrid after two disappointing seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu and, although he has not yet been officially announced as the club&#8217;s next coach, he has begun to give signals about his transfer policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> He has already targeted Manchester City midfielder Rodri Hernandez, while one of his former players could also join him in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p> Mourinho wants significant control over Real Madrid&#8217;s transfer plans this summer, with the aim of turning the situation at the Bernabeu in the club&#8217;s favour.<\/p>\n<p> There are issues in the dressing room that need to be addressed and freshness is expected to be sought through new approaches, one of the names that could be on the list is Marcus Rashford.<\/p>\n<p> Mourinho highly rates Rashford, following their time together at Manchester United and, according to <em>The Independent,<\/em> he has currently identified the Barcelona loanee as one of the players he wants to see at Real Madrid in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p> Rashford could be available this summer if Barcelona fail to secure a new deal with Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\"> <\/p>\n<p> The Premier League club have reportedly made it known to the Catalans that another loan deal will not be accepted and, if a permanent transfer deal is not agreed, Real Madrid would have the option to step in.<\/p>\n<p> However, it is more likely that Rashford will end up staying at Barcelona, in one form or another.<\/p>\n<p> Hansi Flick has told sporting director Deco that he is counting on the England striker for next season, so the Catalans will aim to reach an agreement with Manchester United in the coming weeks and months. <strong><em>\/ Telegraph<\/em><\/strong> \/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Mourinho is expected to bring big changes to Real Madrid after two disappointing seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu and, although he has not yet been officially announced as the club&#8217;s next coach, he has begun to give signals about his transfer policy. He has already targeted Manchester City midfielder Rodri Hernandez, while one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4098"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illyrianinfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftmauthors&post=4098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}