Mourinho wields immense power, reshaping Real Madrid's transfer policy

According to reports from AS, at Real Madrid, the sports recruitment plan is now skewed towards the head coach like never before. Mourinho strongly advocated for signing Dumfries, as well as Bernardo Silva and Cucurella. He has a say, a vote, and significant weight in the club's transfer decisions.

The report states that Real Madrid has always conducted its recruitment from a club perspective, adhering to medium and long-term plans, and not being influenced by the short-term needs of the current coach. The consistent approach has been for the head coach to adapt to the team's established recruitment plan, rather than adjusting the plan to accommodate the coach.

However, this rule has now completely changed. Mourinho has immense influence in transfer operations, even attending core decision-making meetings, holding real power in speaking and voting. This breaks Real Madrid's long-standing operating principles and is one of the biggest changes in the team's new phase: the club will basically try its best to sign the players Mourinho wants.

The transfer of Dumfries was personally pushed by Mourinho. In early June, while the club was still weighing multiple candidate players, Mourinho directly finalized this player, making it clear from the beginning that the team must sign him, and communicated his demands to the club's senior management.

Real Madrid's senior management then accelerated the process, finalizing the deal in just a few days. On June 4th, Florentino officially announced the transfer during his campaign. At that time, all terms had been negotiated, and the transfer fee was 20 million Euros, which was the player's buyout clause. As long as Florentino successfully campaigned, Dumfries would officially join, and this matter was already settled.

The meeting at Hotel Sant Mauro, Bernardo Silva is another highly representative transfer, and the plan to sign this player was instantly elevated to the highest priority, which was by no means accidental. At that meeting held at Hotel Sant Mauro, where most of this summer's recruitment plans were finalized, Mourinho repeatedly named Bernardo Silva as a player he wanted to sign, clearly stating his demands, and even suggesting that the club could increase investment if necessary. Fortunately, the player himself was willing to join Real Madrid from the beginning. Mourinho also actively contacted Bernardo Silva to communicate the situation and clear transfer obstacles. The club adopted his proposal, and Bernardo Silva is about to wear the Real Madrid jersey.

Now the target is Cucurella. Cucurella is another recruitment candidate recently proposed by Mourinho, also a deal strongly promoted by the head coach. Although this left-back was previously on the recruitment list, Real Madrid was also scouting multiple other players at the time, including Gvardiol, Calafiori, and Hincapie.

It wasn't until "the Special One" explicitly stated that the team needed Cucurella that the progress of this deal was unprecedented, finalized in just a day and a half, with a transfer fee of approximately 55 million Euros, similar to the amount the team spent on signing Carreras last season. Even with three left-backs already in the squad, Mourinho insisted on bringing in this new full-back. Real Madrid not only completed the signing but also paid a high transfer fee for it.

This new recruitment model, focusing on immediate impact, is unprecedented. Real Madrid has not seen such an operation for a long time: all transfers and recruitments completely align with the head coach's needs, fully equipping Mourinho with the players he believes can implement his tactical system.

This summer, the Bernabéu hierarchy has a clear goal: the team must achieve results immediately, even if it means breaking previous operating rules, and the club is currently implementing this idea. Mourinho holds immense influence, and he has completely rewritten Real Madrid's long-standing recruitment tradition.