The Portuguese man had been linked with a return to Real Madrid before taking the job after a shaky start to the new La Liga season.
Coach Zinedine Zidane has not delivered as most would expect but did enough to bring back some good performances in recent weeks helping him avoid the Sack.
however, According to The Sun, Real Madrid were willing to pay Mourinho Huge sum of cash to wait for them to sack Zidane and return to the Spanish club.
The Sun report Los Blancos offered Mourinho £12m to remain jobless for some time and wait for Zidane to leave before securing his return back at the club.
Clubs like Borrusia Dortmund, AC Milan, Lyon were all also interested in making Mourinho an offer and Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande reportedly offer the Portuguese manager £40m salary per year after tax.
José Mourinho was offered £12m by Real Madrid to not take another managerial job and wait for Zinedine Zidane to be sacked before he joined Tottenham. (Source: Sun on Sunday)
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Tottenham have won all of their three matches so far under Jose Mourinho and moved up to 5th in the Premier League table.
After the 3-2 win against Bournemouth yesterday, Mourinho said: “When I arrived we were 12 points behind the last Champions League position and I didn't want to think about it, I just wanted to play matches.
“I think we were eight or nine from a Europa League position and I said if we thought about it too much we would be depressed because we want to play European football next season.
“So, don't get depressed, play game after game and see what is going to happen.
“Now the distance is smaller, we won two matches, we are going into a period with lots of matches, the Christmas period is match, match, match, match. So you have the chance of both.
“You have the chance to break down, we have the chance to put pressure on the opponent.
“We play Chelsea at the end of December, if the game was tomorrow, we would play them with six points difference, it would be a fantastic situation to play them, but we play them in the end of December.
“We have to keep close, as close as possible.
“But we have a lot to work and a lot to improve.”
Tottenham face Manchester United next in an epic Clash at Old Trafford with Mourinho returning the ground he was sacked in December of 2018.
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