Valdano leaves Real Madrid,3rd person from the right (photo by Universidad europa de Madrid)
Oh My GOD! This is huge. Jorge Valdano, Real Madrid sporting director (or whatever he is) has left Real Madrid. I have been waiting for this moment the day since Mourinho arrived at Real Madrid. Word has it that they both did not get along with each other.
Finally Perez decided that Valdano was bringing his personal matters into the running of the club and sacked him. Thank you Perez. Even though Perez would say he did not want to and Mourinho had no say in it. The fact is, Mourinho did it, Mourinho kicked Valdanoout ofReal Madrid for which I am grateful to him.
Valdano was a superb negotiator but I think this time, his agenda was to oppose Mourinho and that was hurting the club. I think Perez has made a wise decision to let go of Valdano instead of Mourinho. Right after La Liga ended, rumors had it that either Mourinho will be at the club next season or Valdanoand
No doubt, it has been the best decision from Perez after resumed presidency for second time. I was happy to see Perez re-elected, but seeign the Perez + Vadano combination back again brought memories of early 2000’s back. I read that it was Valdano who was then instrumental in the sack of Del Bosque, Makelele and Hierro. As we all remember his ambitious projects with Carlos Quiros, Luxemborgo etc was an abject failure. And along with that a host of South American players that he bought to the club.
I think Perez has learned his lesson from last time. It should be considered a good decision to let Valdano experiment with Pellegrini the first year. It was nto a bad experience either. There were flashes of brilliance that year,though there was nothign positive to take back from that season. That had to be considered a stop gap experiment until a great coach becomes available and luckily for Madrid Jose was available. That was the first indication that Prze has learned his lessons rite. And now by giving more power to Mourinho and making sure that he is to stay for many seasons, Perez had given the much needed stability for the team, which was not there way back after Del Bosque left.