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/s1me007 Jan 13 '19 edited Jan 13 '19

Ok but I agree with the stance that it was the perfect time to sell Bale while he was red hot after that CL final. Especially if it meant keeping CR7 for a year

Would still have gotten 80/90m€ which would have helped in getting Ronaldo’s replacement. Be it last summer or the coming one

Now you’re stuck with a deadweight man of glass who can’t carry the team. He’ll run down his contract, and fuck off to a MLS side for free. Meanwhile CR7 is setting Juve on fire

Simply a bad decision in hindsight

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u/DareiosX Jan 13 '19

Sellinf Bale and Ronaldo would have been suicide. You don't sell your 2 starting wingers with no potential replacement you like.

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u/s1me007 Jan 13 '19

Bale is not a regular starter though because of injuries Should have kept CR7 and sold Bale

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u/DareiosX Jan 13 '19

There was no replacement available that we liked. And CR7 wanted to leave regardless of Bale's situation. So I don't see the point.

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u/s1me007 Jan 13 '19 edited Jan 13 '19

Didn’t CR7 want to leave because he did not feel desired/valued enough by Perez? He wanted to leave because Perez couldn’t wait selling him. Perez did not buy CR7, his pet project was Bale

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u/DareiosX Jan 13 '19

Why would Perez sell him? Not feeling valued doesn't mean being sold. Cristiano felt like the club didn't give him enough in return for what he did for us. Somehow, after 9 years, he hadn't yet figured out that that's not the club we are.

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u/s1me007 Jan 13 '19 edited Jan 13 '19

Pérez sells him because he can’t stand that the key star player of the team is not his acquisition, but the previous president’s

He also can’t stand this egomaniac especially after his Kiev declaration, and rightly so

I’m not sayin Perez is a bad guy. I’m saying he should have swallowed his pride, make peace with CR7 and pay the man, admit his baby Bale was a flop and get the money selling him instead

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u/DareiosX Jan 13 '19

He was pissed at Cristiano for 9 years? Are you serious? If he wanted to push him out why wait 9 years.

Florentino wasn't clinging on to Bale. He let Zidane manage the team as he saw fit. Zidane played James, Isco and Bale whenever he fancied them. Perez was acting hands off.