Beyond the headline signings: Mourinho reshapes Real Madrid staff

While the summer spotlight at Real Madrid has been fixed on four new first‑team signings and the arrival of head coach Jose Mourinho from Alvaro Arbeloa, another transformation is unfolding behind the scenes. Mourinho has already completed a staff overhaul, adding fresh faces and saying goodbye to long‑serving members. Diario AS reported that the Portuguese coach has already implemented two key changes to shape the staff that will support the Merengue first team. These adjustments underline Mourinho’s intent to embed his own trusted circle within the club. The first change introduced physiologist Sandro Carrico to the coaching team. Conversely, goalkeeping coach Luis Llopis departed, a figure who had overseen the highly successful eras under Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane.

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Carrico joins a cohort of former Benfica staff that Mourinho has brought to Madrid, including Joao Tralhao, Pedro Machado, Roberto Merella, Antonio Dias and Nuno Santos. All five have previously worked under Mourinho during his tenure in Portugal. Nuno Santos is set to replace Llopis as goalkeeping coach, bringing experience from his recent spell at Benfica. His relationship with Mourinho stretches back to the manager’s days as a goalkeeping coach at Vitora de Setubal, where Santos trained as a goalkeeper, and later to their collaborations at Tottenham and Roma.

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Mourinho also retained long‑term employee Antonio Pintus in his staff, while Llopis’s future role at Real Madrid remains uncertain. The club has updated the full coaching roster on its official website, signalling the new era the Merengue aims to launch next season.