Mourinho gets chance to settle the score with Real Madrid
Three months after leaving the Spanish giants, Chelsea boss will face old side in Miami final
Jose Mourinho has a golden opportunity to make a point to Real Madrid when the Chelsea manager faces his old club in Miami tonight.
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.
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 outspoken 50-year-old would have relished.
While Mourinho was always given fairly substantial funds for signings 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 (HK$1.8 billion) by the close of the transfer window.
In a bid to make a fresh start after Mourinho's divisive spell, Perez has already paid £63 million on Asier Illarramendi, Isco, Daniel Carvajal and Casemiro.
But the biggest purchase is still to come, with the nine-time European champions on the verge of signing Wales winger Gareth Bale from Tottenham for a world record fee of £85 million.
