Real Madrid president Florentino Perez denied on Thursday a report that top players had demanded coach Jose Mourinho leave before next season, warning the club ''It's him for us''.
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Top sports daily Marca splashed on the front page its claim of an ultimatum delivered to chairman Florentino Perez on Tuesday.
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'' President, it's Mou or us '', healined the paper in its account of the meeting between captains Iker Casilas and Sergio Ramos and the club management.
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According to the paper, they told Perez that several players were ready to leave the club if the self-anointed 'Special one' remained in charge for the next season.
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'' What was published is simply a lie '', Perez told a news conference at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.