José Mourinho personally insisted on the summer signing of Marc Cucurella from Chelsea this summer and took a leading role in forcing through the transfer. Madrid have made six first-team signing so far this summer as part of a major rebuild that has followed two seasons without a trophy. However, it is the €60 million ($70 million) transfer of Cucurella that Mourinho is said to been determined to get done. “There were different options, but when the Real Madrid offer came along, I didn't hesitate,” he told El Mundo. Mourinho told me he was really looking forward to working with me, that I would adapt very well, and that Real Madrid was a great club.