"Said information is absolutely false and unfounded.
"The club had and has total faith in its coach, Mr Bernd Schuster, who, accordingly, needs no ratification whatsoever.
"It is the responsibility of Madrid fans to judge and evaluate the attitude of the press who publish lies of this nature and whose intention it is to alter the existing harmony and to transmit a sense of discord and confrontation which, in no way, resembles reality."
Real's reaction comes after yesterday's reports in the Spanish press of contact between Mourinho and Madrid directors.
