Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho received an important boost on the sidelines of his team's preparations for the new season, as the Merengues will play a friendly match next Wednesday against Deportivo La Coruna.
Mourinho is seeking major successes with Real Madrid during the upcoming season, after exiting without winning any title during the past two seasons.
Monday saw the return of the quartet Marc Cucurella, Kylian Mbappe, Ibrahima Konate, and Aurelien Tchouameni, as their summer vacation ended.
The newspaper "AS" confirmed that the mentioned quartet passed the medical examinations successfully and are now available to play with Mourinho, who appears happy with their return.
It explained that Jude Bellingham has not yet arrived in Madrid, and the English international is most likely not to play against Deportivo La Coruna, as is the case for Konate, Cucurella, Mbappe, and Tchouameni.
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It added that these players will undergo a special training program to ensure they reach the best physical level before the season opens against Espanyol on August 22 in the Spanish League.
The newspaper continued, saying that the return of Bellingham, Konate, Tchouameni, Mbappe, and Cucurella to participate could be against Schalke, next Sunday, August 16.
The official Real Madrid website also revealed the shirt numbers of the new Royal Club players for the upcoming season.
The site confirmed that Cucurella will wear number 17, the new signing from Leipzig, Jan Diomande, will wear number 25, while Bernardo Silva will get number 20, and Konate will carry number 16.
The site reported that Denzel Dumfries will wear number 24 with Real Madrid, while the new signing from Levante, Carlos Espe, will carry number 19.
A modification was also made to the numbers of Real Madrid players, as Raul Asensio will carry number 2, while Dean Huijsen will wear number 4, with Endrick continuing to wear shirt number 9, while number 27 was given to Thiago Pitarch, as the latter was officially promoted to the first team.
