Florentino Perez has denied planning on re-hiring Jose Mourinho as manager of Real Madrid.

Mourinho spent three years in charge at the Santiago Bernabeu before leaving in 2013 and returning to Chelsea.

Asked about Mourinho in an interview with Spanish radio program El Larguero, Perez said: "Nobody can predict the future but right now he is not going to come to Madrid."

Real Madrid has struggled under Rafael Benitez.

"Benitez is capable of solving the problems we have," said Perez. "That's the only option we're considering.

"We have very good memories of Mourinho, he raised our competitive level [when he was manager].

"It's not true that the players don't get along with Benitez," Perez said. "I have spoken with them."