"In the footballing world, me and my people are at the top and in the world of journalism you are a piece of crap". Those were the words of José Mourinho on Saturday as he looked me in the eye in a room next to the Santiago Bernabeu's press room. After the pre-match press conference ahead of the league encounter, a member of the club's communications department, Juan Camilo Andrade called me to meet with goalkeeping coach, Silvino Louro. With some uncertainty, I opened the door and there was Louro, accompanied by José Mourinho, Luis Campos and two other club employees: Carlos Carbajosa and Fernando Porrero. I held out my hand but Mou refused to shake it. Nervously, he started shouting at me in thick Portuguese.

I asked him to speak more slowly and he blurted that I was nobody to question his honour. He detailed his curriculum. I defended my facts, sticking to my sources. Despite the insistence of those present, I didn't give up their names. I told them that I would ask them again in case there was a mistake, but I still trust what they told me.

On Thursday, after Madrid's defeat in Vigo, on Radio MARCA we took a look at the situation inside the dressing room. After checking with a number of sources, I spoke about how some of the players see Louro almost as Mourinho’s spy.

"I've been told that you're a son of a bitch and a bad person, but instead of believing them, I think something else". That's how José Mourinho interrupted. "You're anti-Madrid, anti-Mourinho and your questions are always intent on misleading". Using the doorframe, he placed his hand above his head to measure his professional ability, measuring mine below his knee.

He continued this face-to-face confrontation: "As long as I'm the Madrid coach I'll respect you, but once I'm not, you’ll be just another person on the street and we'll see…".

With Mourinho staring me in the face and Louro attempting to end the conversation, because it was time to train, I said to Mr Louro: "My information isn’t an irrefutable fact. It’s the personal opinion of some people inside the dressing room and it was corroborated the moment I was told it".

Mourinho advised me to be more careful with regards to my sources' credibility: "What do you get out of telling this? Even if it were true, which it isn’t, do you consider it newsworthy? You have to be sure that your sources are telling the truth. There are 21 players that get along great with Silvino and, like anywhere, there are three black sheep that harm the group. Instead of trying to remove those people who harm their teammates, you turn what they say into news. That's how it is. You have a source, he gives you information and you have to pay him for it. I don't mean with money, I mean with favours, to cover his back when he messes up, to help him when he needs it and if he’s a kid, promising him things. It happens to me, a journalist calls me and tells me things from his newspaper and I have to pay him with a line-up or an interview. When that happens, I think, if that person betrays his colleagues, he can't be trusted. I leak what he tells me. That’s what you should have done".

The meeting ended there. I apologised to Mr Louro saying that I hadn't meant to offend him: "Hand on heart I apologise if you and your loved ones were offended". Despite that, I insisted to him that my sources are trustworthy.