{"id":49787,"date":"2026-04-22T18:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=49787"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:48:15","slug":"kylian-mbappe-likes-instagram-post-linking-jose-mourinho-to-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/kylian-mbappe-likes-instagram-post-linking-jose-mourinho-to-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 likes Instagram post linking Jos\u00e9 Mourinho to Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid\u2019s season has taken another dramatic turn as <b>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/b> sent social media into a frenzy by \u201cliking\u201d an Instagram post linking <b>Jos\u00e9 Mourinho<\/b> with a return to the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u.<\/p>\n<p>The post, shared by the popular football account Score 90, features a side-by-side comparison of Mourinho\u2019s iconic 2012 squad\u2014including Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut \u00d6zil\u2014next to a hypothetical 2026 lineup featuring Mbapp\u00e9 and Arda G\u00fcler. Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s public interaction with the post comes at a sensitive time for the club, as pressure mounts on current manager <b>\u00c1lvaro Arbeloa.<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 \ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddea: Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 has liked a post on Instagram linking Jose Mourinho to Real Madrid <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Rhj5xOJsf\">pic.twitter.com\/8Rhj5xOJsf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Touchline | \ud835\udc13 (@TouchlineX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TouchlineX\/status\/2046928340343271648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Real Madrid\u2019s Managerial Uncertainty<\/h3>\n<p>Real Madrid is currently enduring a difficult 2025\u201326 campaign. Despite Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s impressive form netting 41 goals across all competitions the club sits nine points behind Barcelona in La Liga and recently suffered a disappointing exit in the <b>UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With former manager <b>Carlo Ancelotti <\/b>now leading the Brazilian national team, the Madrid hierarchy is reportedly considering a \u201cheavyweight\u201d appointment to restore order to a star-studded locker room.<\/p>\n<h3>Could \u201cThe Special One\u201d Return?<\/h3>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Mourinho, currently at Benfica, has recently fueled speculation by refusing to guarantee his stay in Lisbon for the 2026\u201327 season. Reports suggest <b>Florentino P\u00e9rez <\/b>remains a staunch admirer of the Portuguese tactician, believing his disciplined approach is exactly what this \u201cGalactico\u201d era needs.<br \/>\nWhile some view Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s \u201clike\u201d as a mere nod to football history, others see it as a signal of the squad\u2019s desire for a proven winner to lead them back to European glory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid\u2019s season has taken another dramatic turn as Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 sent social media into a frenzy by \u201cliking\u201d an\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":49790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1163,449,4057],"class_list":["post-49787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-jose-mourinho","tag-kylian-mbappe","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49787"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49794,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49787\/revisions\/49794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}