Overview
- Reports published Sept. 1–2, citing journalist José Félix Díaz and Defensa Central, say Mourinho has introduced rules that punish lateness by removing players from group training, sending them for individual gym work and dropping them from the next match.
- Those reports say the coach has scrapped the small fines previously used for lateness because they were ineffective for highly paid players and replaced them with consequences tied to playing time and training access.
- Journalists report injured players must complete rehabilitation at Real Madrid’s Valdebebas complex rather than managing treatment offsite and that the club’s nutritionist now enforces a prescribed diet for first-team players.
- Multiple outlets say the squad has so far responded positively, with high-profile players such as Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappé giving public praise, and Real Madrid winning their opening La Liga matches under Mourinho.
- The measures were first reported by Díaz and reproduced by several outlets rather than issued as a full club bulletin, and they follow a summer rebuild and a pre-season used to trial Mourinho’s methods as he seeks to rebuild dressing-room culture after recent underperformance.