Quitting Real Madrid? No way, says Jose

JOSE MOURINHO has denied he is on the verge of leaving Real Madrid, insisting there is “no way” he is about to quit as manager.

Reports surfaced in Spain yesterday that the Portuguese was poised to exit the Bernabeau following another tumultuous week during which the 48-year-old appeared to put his finger in the eye of Barca’s assistant coach Tito Vilanova during last week’s Supercopa defeat. The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) yesterday confirmed they would be looking into the incident.

The flashpoint was the latest in a string of unsavoury incidents involving Mourinho and the Catalans since he joined Madrid last summer.