Mourinho, Inter and Real reach agreement: press

Inter Milan and Real Madrid have come to an agreement for the transfer of coach Jose Mourinho, Italian press reported on Friday although the Italian club insisted nothing was official.

Real president Florentino Perez was in Milan to try to unblock a 16 million-euro stumbling block — the severance fee in Mourinho’s contract allowing him to quit his post at Inter two years early.

And according to various Italian media, when Perez left in the late afternoon to return to Madrid, it was because an agreement had been reached.

However, Inter press officer Luigi Crippa told AFP that nothing was official.

“When there is something official we will post it on our website,” he said. “The newspapers can write what they want but as long as it’s not on our site, it’s not official.”

None of the Italian media cite any official sources to support their claim.

Perez had already announced earlier this week that Real had reached agreement with Mourinho on his contract but said the Portuguese boss had to resolve the clause in his old deal.

Mourinho, according to the Italian press, believed he had a verbal agreement with Inter president Massimo Moratti that the clause would be waived if he won the Champions League.

However, Moratti told the Gazzetta dello Sport that wasn’t true and said the clause would have to be met.