Mourinho will be very close to Vinicius, if the Brazilian opens his mind for it. Mbappe will be his man too, if the Frenchman allows himself to be.
He has enough character to keep everyone working.
He’ll bring their dressing room together if they can be humble enough to work with him.
What’ll not happen is a situation where Mourinho will bend to players’ flailing moods. This will be one of the most interesting appointments in recent times. It has all the recipes of a potentially chaotic eventuality, or a very successful, period-defining one.
Who knows?
Mourinho could finally win the UCL with Real Madrid. It’s not impossible. That man is super brilliant.
He won’t drop a good player as long as the player works hard for him, even if the player doesn’t like him. He’s about the results, not his own feeling.