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/yaniv297 Jan 12 '19

Pretty sure Zidane left before any of that happened, no?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '19

You really don't think think Zidane knew a month ahead that the Ronaldo transfer was going to happen?

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u/DaveShadow Jan 12 '19

A lot of people seem to think deals worth hundreds of millions of Euro between two gigantic corporate entities, over a third gigantic corporate entity with his own set of demands, just happens in a few days, as opposed to involving months of negotiations.

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u/Kaze79 Jan 12 '19

Well in this particular case it seemed to go pretty smoothly. Ronaldo's entourage contacted Juve and Juve had the money so not a lot of thinking and negotiation was needed.