Mourinho, who is attempting to lead Inter to an historic treble and become only the third coach ever to be a European champion with two different clubs, is the overwhelming favourite to take over at Madrid if they dispense with the services of Manuel Pellegrini following a trophy-less season.

The Portuguese admitted this week that he would one day love to coach Madrid, while he is no stranger to leaving clubs after winning the Champions League title having swapped Porto for Chelsea soon after clinching the crown in 2004.

However, whereas Mourinho said he knew at the time that the 2004 final in Gelsenkirchen would be his final match in charge of Porto, he insists that will not be the case for tomorrow's game.

"When the match finishes I can't say that it's going to be my last match," he said at today's pre-match press conference at the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid.

"Maybe three or four days from now or a week from now a decision will be taken.

"When I returned to Stamford Bridge (to play Chelsea in the last 16 of this year's competition), I actually cried, it's not easy to leave friends behind, friends that you've won so many battles with.

"But I can't think about this until after the match. In the 2004 Champions League final I knew that it was my last match, and once it was over I knew I was going to be Chelsea coach, but I can't say the same today.

"For that reason, I am thinking of nothing other than tomorrow's game."

With regards to Madrid, who appointed Chilean Pellegrini last summer to coach a new-look side that included over 200million euros worth of new talent, Mourinho admits he knows little about the Spanish giants other than their history.

"I'm not familiar with Real Madrid, with their philosophy or their mentality. I know the history of Real Madrid but that's all, I don't really know what their ambitions are, what their philosophies are.

"They seem to have a new project now but as I say I'm not familiar with anything about Real Madrid and, being honest, I'm not keen or interested in anything about that today. I'm focusing on tomorrow's match."