Up to 15 Real Madrid players, including five senior members of the squad, do not want Jose Mourinho to continue as manager next season, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Saturday.

The Portuguese has a contract with the Spanish champion until 2016, but has consistently been linked with a move away from the Santiago Bernabeu at the end of the season.

Mourinho admitted on Friday to saying he "didn't think he would be here next season" to the president of CD Canillas, a club in the north of Madrid where Mourinho's son plays in a youth team.