Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho has confirmed he wants to move to Real Madrid just three days before his Nerazzurri side take on Bayern Munich in the Champions League final (Bayern Munich 23/10, draw 9/4, Inter Milan 6/5 within 90 minutes).
The former Chelsea boss has long been linked with a move to the Santiago Bernabeu and Inter president Massimo Moratti admitted earlier this week he expected Mourinho to depart the Giuseppe Meazza over the summer.
However, the Portuguese tactician was not expected to make an announcement about his future until after Inter’s European showdown with Bayern on Saturday but he has now confirmed he would welcome a move to Madrid.
“I want to go to Real Madrid, 100%,” Mourinho told Spanish publication Marca. “If I didn’t get there, I would leave football with a void in my career.
“Only Real can see me leave Milan after two incredible years of work. If I go, I do it with a clear conscience after having changed the club.”
Mourinho has already led Inter Milan to Serie A Success and Coppa Italia glory and he is now looking to cap an already sensational season by delivering Inter their first ever Champions League trophy.
Inter Milan have won the old European Cup, with their last appearance in Europe’s top final coming way back in 1972, where they were beaten by Dutch giants Ajax.
The Italian side remain favourites to pick up the Champions League trophy despite Mourinho’s bizarrely timed admission. Mourinho led his charges to victory over Chelsea in the early knock-out stages and they have
impressed throughout their European campaign this season.
The Italian giants also managed to see off holders and heavy favourites Barcelona in the semi-finals thanks to a rigid strategy and Mourinho will surely have a game plan ahead of the showdown with the German giants, who struggled to get past Italian opposition in the shape of Fiorentina in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich’s Croatian striker Ivica Olic admits he is desperate to score in the Champions league final, despite being an Inter Milan fan (Olic 15/8 to score anytime in the Champions League final).
Olic revealed he had a trial with the Serie A giants as a 17-year-old and they were keen on snapping him up but he decided instead to move to German outfit Hertha Berlin as he felt it would be better for his career development.
Olic has a habit of scoring important goals for Bayern and the 30-year-old hit a hat-trick in the German side’s semi-final victory over Lyon, although without the suspended playmaker Franck Ribery to create openings in the Inter defence the Croatian forward may struggle to find the net against Inter.
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