What is it with Real Madrid and successful managers? Real sacked Vicente del Bosque in 2004, after he had steered the club to two Champions League titles, two league titles, a Spanish Supercup, a European Supercup and an Intercontinental Cup. Del Bosque was probably the unluckiest manager to lose his job in football history. And German Jupp Heynckes was sacked after guiding Real to the Champions League crown in 1998.
So now Real has sacked Fabio Capello, who brought the club a league championship this season. Real president Ramon Calderon attempted to justify the bemusing decision to Marca newspaper: ‘We’ve laid the foundations, but we need to find a more enthusiastic way of playing.’ he said.
So winning the title didn’t fill Senor Calderon with enthusiasm? I don’t understand the logic of sacking a winning manager, but perhaps Capello’s (initially) disdainful treatment of David Beckham, which essentially prompted Becks to sign with LA Galaxy, has something to do with it?