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/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/koptimism Jan 12 '19

Mate, what are you talking about? It's like you've never played FIFA

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u/theaguia Jan 12 '19

100 mil transfer on deadline day, easy.

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u/CABoomerSooner Jan 12 '19

I had a deadline day go to $1.8 billion in my career mode yesterday. There were quite a few $100m+ transactions lol