Bayern Munich manager Carlo Ancelotti has revealed one of the reasons for
his 2015 departure from La Liga giants Real Madrid was Florentino Perez
questioning the
former Los Blancos boss’ decision to replace Gareth Bale
against Valencia.
Carlo Ancelotti substituted the Wales international for Sami Khedira in
the 71st minute during their 2-1 defeat at the Mestalla Stadium at the
beginning of 2015 in a move that Bale’s agent allegedly opposed.
And in his book titled ‘Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and
Matches,’ the 57-year-old opened up about how the incident altered his
relationship with the club’s president.
“The CEO told me the president wanted to talk to me. When I went to his
office, he told me that Bale had called him. I had replaced him on January 4.
Bale’s agent had complained. The president told me what he was going to do,” he
said.
“Since then, the relationship with the president changed and has not been
the same.”
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