Jose Mourinho has told Real Madrid players they're "not stars". The departing Inter Milan coach told Portuguese television station TV1 that his agent Jorge Mendes has met with Madrid officials and the deal to take him to the Bernabeu is a virtual certainty.

He also remarked: "I want to meet people, know exactly what they want from me and the conditions, not the structures, because these I already know, to avoid any doubts when I begin my work. I think all will be consummated.

"The stars now are Inter, they are the European champions. My message to the players of Real Madrid, if I train them, is that they are not stars, the star is not the coach, the star is the team. If they all accept this like when I was at Porto, Chelsea or Inter, the victories will come."