Fernando Hierro: Mourinho had great power at Madrid


Mourinho had great power at Madrid - Hierro

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho enjoyed a huge amount of power while at Real Madrid, former Spain international Fernando Hierro has claimed.

The Portuguese coach endured a turbulent relationship with his squad in his final season in the Spanish capital, culminating in a high-profile falling-out with club captain Iker Casillas, and former defender Hierro suggests the 50-year-old's sway at Santiago Bernabeu may have contributed to such disputes.

"Every club is different and Madrid is even more so," the 45-year-old told Fifa.com.

"Madrid is a club where you have to win and it’s a place that can wear you down – where people have a different way of thinking.

"If you were to ask me to look at the last 20 years in Madrid’s history and say which coach has had the most decision-making power at the club, I’d say there’s no doubt he [Mourinho] is the one.

"If you ask him though, perhaps he’d say he didn’t have as much authority as he’d have liked. But everyone knows him perfectly."

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