Jose Mourinho is convinced that his "personality, experience and demanding standards would quickly restore order and harmony within the squad", and he has put a price on delivering it: ten strict conditions handed to Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, the most significant being a contract of at least two years and full control of the club's medical department. The Portuguese will not tolerate players having a say in team selection, a sharp break from his predecessor, whom the dressing room's biggest names mockingly nicknamed "the cone". Three iron rules now govern daily life at the club: diet is set by the nutritionists and nobody else, and injuries are treated only at Valdebebas, Real Madrid's training base. The harshest measure is reserved for latecomers, who face no fines at all but must spend an hour alone in the gym. Discipline has replaced privilege, and Mourinho is building a fighting machine in which collective unity outranks the individual.