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LONDON – Real Madrid's Champions League campaign had just ended in defeat when Jose Mourinho spotted an opportunity to send a message.
Even though Madrid can still end a mediocre season — mediocre by its high standards, anyway — with the Copa del Rey title, Mourinho is laying the groundwork for a divorce, dropping heavy hints about a return to the English Premier League and Chelsea, the team he managed from June 2004 to September 2007.
Mourinho said after Tuesday's elimination that "I know in England I am loved."
"In Spain the situation is a little bit different because some people hate me, and many of them are in this room."
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