Florentino Perez uses Mourinho to pressure his players
Mourinho's name is something that gets the players in the squad worried
Real Madird president Florentino Perez has found the best way to scare his players into action - and that's leaking the name of Jose Mourinho to the media as a possible replacement for the coach in charge. He did it last season with Julen Lopetegui and Santiago Solari, and he's doing it again with Zinedine Zidane struggling.
The president knows Mourinho's name causes a fuss in the dressing room, with captain Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Benzema and even Thibaut Courtois, not keen on the Portuguese coach. After the Mallorca defeat it happened and the team turned things around against Galatasaray.
Ramos came out to support Zidane, saying "the dressing room is with him to the death whatever happens". Should the coach leave, the actual first option to replace him is Italian Massimiliano Allegri.
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