Sometimes, a critical look at the modus operandi of football clubs makes one want to weep. Real Madrid have been in the news in the last couple of weeks before and after their eventual elimination from the UEFA Champions League. The talk was about the looming sack of the Real Madrid Manager, Carlo Ancelotti. When the rumour surfaced initially, I dismissed it and said O di egwu. E no go happen. But then you remember the club in question and their penchant for sacking coaches and you home in on a possible truth.
The fifty five year old Carlo Ancelotti joined Real Madrid from PSG in 2013. He guided Madrid through 119 matches from which he won 89, drew 14, lost 16 and came off with a percentage win of 74.7%. Above all, he brought the elusive 10th UEFA Champions league trophy to the Bernabeau. Yet, he was sacked. The list of Real Madrid Managers in the last 15 years:
1. Vincent Del Bosque Nov 1999 - June 2003
2. Carlos Queiroz June 2003 - May 2004
3. Jose Camacho May 2004 - Sept 2004
4. Marino Remón Sept 2004 - Dec 2004
5. Vande Luxemburgo Dec 2004 - Dec 2005
6. Juan Ramon Caro Dec 2005 - June 2006
7. Fabio Capello July 2006 - June 2007
8. Bernd Schuster July 2007 - Dec 2008
9. Juande Ramos Dec 2008 - June 2009
10. Manuel Pellegrini June 2009 - May 2010
11. José Mourinho May 2010 - June 2013
12. Carlo Ancelotti June 2013 - May 2015.
Ladies and gentlemen, above are managers that Real Madrid have employed and sacked in the last 15 years! Real Madrid is the most valuable club in the world, no doubt. Sales from Cristiano Ronaldo's shirts is higher than the annual budget of 10 top teams in Africa. They are the richest and most glamorous. Their obsession with Barcelona is crazy. Fiorentino Perez not helping matters too. Sometimes I wonder what Real Madrid as a club actually want from football. Perez in his statement thanked Carletto for his time and said that in a club like Real Madrid "...expectations are high". Serious? Higher than the fact that the man handed your club the Champions League trophy that has eluded Madrid for over a decade? Crazy!
Truth is that there is no manager Real Madrid will not sack at most 3 years into his contract no matter how good you are or you deliver the head of John The Baptist. They already sacked Mourinho. Who then is left? It is really a shame. I have tried to dig out from this my mango head what the problem of this beautiful club is. The reason I went the extra mile to watch Madrid games in the just concluded season was Toni Kroos. That guy for me is the best midfielder in the world. He plays with such elegance and vision that reminds me of Zinedine Zidane. How that calibre of player found himself in the heap of drama and shame called Madrid beats my imagination.
I have come to a personal conclusion that every Real Madrid action in the last 10 years was taken with Barcelona in mind. So long as their obsession with Barcelona FC remains, their present craze of sacking performing managers will never stop. It's a shame. A pity.
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