DBasia.news – The former Real Madrid President Ramon Calderon talks about the exit trigger of Zinedine Zidane last year. He thinks Zidane left because the club sold Cristiano Ronaldo.
Zinedine Zidane surprisingly resigned from Real Madrid last season. In fact, there was no conflict between them.
Not too long after that, Real Madrid sold Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus. Los Blancos got £100M (Rp1,61 trillion) from his signing.
The question raised after these two cases. Who decided to leave first, Cristiano Ronaldo or Zinedine Zidane?
Now, the answer has been revealed. Apparently, Zinedine Zidane decided to leave because Real Madrid wanted to sell Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ramon Calderon believes Zinedine Zidane preferred Real Madrid selling Gareth Bale. But, Real Madrid wanted Cristiano Ronaldo instead.
“Zidane insisted on keeping Cristiano and selling Bale,” said Ramon Calderon to AS.
“But in fact, Perez “did the opposite” to what Zidane had asked. Zidane wanted “to have decision-making power when it came to signing some players and selling others, but his demands were not met.”
“And so he decided to leave. And he was right,” Ramon Calderon continued.
Real Madrid’s performance after the departures of Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo is miserable. Los Blancos were eliminated from LaLiga title race.