Jose Mourinho was unveiled as the new Real Madrid coach on Friday after the Spanish club reached a deal with Inter Milan on his swith from the Italian club.
Real and Inter “reached an agreement today that Jose Mourinho is the new coach of Real Madrid,” the club said on its website.
“The agreement between the two clubs came after a meeting held this afternoon in Milan with Inter chairman Massimo Moratti and Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.”
Mourinho will be presented to fans at Real’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Monday, the club said.
The brief statement gave no further details. But Perez was in Milan to try to unblock a E16 million ($A23.27 million) stumbling block — the severance fee in Mourinho’s contract allowing him to quit his post at Inter two years early.
Perez had announced earlier this week that Real had reached agreement with Mourinho on his contract but said the Portuguese boss had to resolve the clause in his old deal.
Real opened the way for Mourinho after they sacked coach Manuel Pellegrini on Wednesday.
The Chilean left after just one season in charge in which Real failed to pick up any silverware despite splashing out more than E250 million ($A360 million) on new talent last year, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka.
They finished runners-up to arch rivals Barcelona in the league, exited the Champions League at the last-16 stage and spectacularly crashed out of the King’s Cup to third division Alcorcon.
Mourinho becomes Real’s 10th coach in as many seasons, during a period when their great rivals Barcelona have had just two with better results and titles.
Over the last eight years Mourinho has won six league titles in three different countries – two each in Portugal, England and Italy – with Porto, Chelsea and Inter.
He won two Champions League crowns, the UEFA Cup and five domestic cups.
This season he guided Inter to an historic treble of league, Cup and Champions League — the first by an Italian team.
He is incredibly popular in Madrid after Inter eliminated Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals.
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