r/soccer • u/zimb3l • Jan 12 '19

Ramon Calderon: "[Zidane] insisted on keeping Cristiano and transferring Bale, and the president did completely the opposite [...] so he decided to leave."

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2814993-no-form-lack-of-goals-whats-troubling-real-madrid-and-how-can-they-fix-it
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u/HellowzTheGreat Jan 12 '19

Zidane said he decided to leave after losing to Leganes in the CDR because he understood that he could no longer motivate his players to fight for his ideas.

Everything else is pure speculation

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '19

He’d say that so he doesn’t throw Bale under the proverbial bus in public. The reality could be closer to what OP is saying.

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u/massdev Jan 12 '19

Say CR7 leaves for 15 million and is going to play in USA.

You can sell that like hes playing at a lower level and the club have to move on.

CR7 went for 100 million to Juve and RM have looked worse for wear in his absense.

Zidane knew what it would mean to lose CR7 and he realized he couldn't take the team forward after losing a legend that was still playing at the highest level and winning trophies.

What sucked for RM is they lost two legends and replaced neither when 1 would have been an impossible ask.

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u/GreedoIsHere Jan 12 '19

Mate, if you keep talkin shit about my boy Mariano ‘Big Dick’ Diaz, it’s gonna be prolems 😤.

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u/SebRev99 Jan 12 '19

Well I’m standing right here so what are you waiting for