It's been claimed in Spain that Mourinho is Real president Florentino Perez's No1 choice to bring in after the dismissal of Xabi Alonso.
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Current Real coach Alvaro Arbeloa is only viewed as a stop-gap and is likely to return to the Castilla post at the end of the season, if not sooner.
However, Mourinho said on Sunday: "Don't count on me for soap operas.
"There are good soap operas, but they're very long; you miss one or two episodes and then you lose track. Don't count on me, because I don't watch soap operas."