Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho refrained from committing to remaining at the club beyond the end of this season yesterday and said a decision on his future would be taken at the end of the current campaign.

Speculation about the Portuguese’s possible exit has been a near-constant feature of his stint at Real, whom he joined from Inter in 2010, and he has been linked with a move to wealthy clubs including another of his former teams, Chelsea, and PG.

Mourinho has rarely given the traditional coach’s news conference the day before this season’s La Liga games, typically sending out his number two Aitor Karanka, but appeared yesterday and was bombarded with questions about whether he will see out his contract, which ends in June 2016.

“The fundamental thing is to finish the season in the best way possible and then sit down together and reach conclusions that will be the most positive ones possible for everyone,” he said.

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