Jose Mourinho has a golden opportunity to make a
point to Real Madrid when the Chelsea manager
faces his old club in Miami on Wednesday.
Mourinho will go head to head with Madrid in the final
of the International Champions Cup just three months
after his acrimonious departure from the Spanish
giants.
After feeling unloved for much of his time in Madrid,
the Portuguese coach is enjoying his second spell at
Chelsea, where he is treated with total respect
following his Premier League title triumphs in 2005 and
2006.
The hero worship that follows his every move in the
Premier League is a far cry from the hostile reaction to
his presence in Spain.
By the time he departed Madrid, Mourinho had made
numerous enemies among the squad, with his
decision to drop iconic goalkeeper Iker Casillas an
especially sore point, as well as falling out with some
of the club's hierarchy, while fans jeered the manager
in the final weeks of last season.
However, Mourinho's exit and the arrival of the more
affable Carlo Ancelotti as his replacement has been
the trigger for the kind of spending spree that the out-
spoken 50-year-old would have relished.
While Mourinho was always given fairly substantial
funds for signing during his time at Madrid, since his
exit Real owner Florentino Perez has given the green
light to a spending spree that is likely to approach
£150 million ($230 million, 170 million euros) by the
close of the transfer window.
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