{"id":2046,"date":"2026-06-08T15:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2046"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:28:18","slug":"real-madrid-legend-to-join-jose-mourinhos-coaching-staff-champions-league-winner-that-made-334-appearances-for-the-blancos-set-to-reunite-with-the-special-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2046","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid legend to join Jose Mourinho\u2019s coaching staff! Champions League winner that made 334 appearances for the Blancos set to reunite with the \u2018Special One\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


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According to reports from <\/span>Sport<\/em><\/i><\/a>the first major addition to Mourinho’s support staff will be none other than legendary centre-back Pepe.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 43-year-old, who retired from professional football in 2024, is poised to take his first steps into the coaching world at the club where he spent a decade as a player. Pepe is remembered as one of Mourinho’s most loyal “soldiers” during their shared time in the Spanish capital between 2010 and 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

The former Portugal international is viewed as the perfect bridge between the locker room and the management. Mourinho was determined to have a staff member with a deep personal connection to the Blancos. While some had speculated about Alvaro Arbeloa taking on a similar role, it is Pepe who has been chosen to return to the fold.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to reports from Sportthe first major addition to Mourinho’s support staff will be none other than legendary centre-back Pepe.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}