Mourinho: Dortmund clash will not decide my fate

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has stressed that his future does not hinge on their UEFA Champions League semi-final with Borussia Dortmund.

The Spanish giants go into the second leg at the Bernabeu
4-1 down after a calamitous defeat at the Westfalenstadion.

Madrid sit 11 points behind Barcelona in La Liga with
five games to play, meaning elimination on Tuesday would leave the Copa del Rey
as their only realistic chance of silverware this season.

That would almost certainly be seen as a failure on
Mourinho’s part, but the Portuguese insists that the clash with Dortmund will
not determine whether he stays in the Spanish capital at the end of the season.

“My future doesn’t depend on what happens Tuesday,”
Mourinho said.

“Will it be my last game? I am only thinking about
the match against Dortmund. It’s the most important game of the past 10 years
for Madrid. My future is not on my mind.”

German publication Bild
earlier reported that Mourinho had told Dortmund head coach Jurgen Klopp
that he was set to return to Chelsea next season – a claim that has since been
refuted by Klopp – but Mourinho was quick to deny those suggestions.

He added: “I never told Klopp that I was going to
Chelsea.”