Miremoses1:
I believe Perez pushed for the deal. He might have been impatient and wanted Lope to sign the deal.

I just pity Lope, imagine going trophyless next season. It won't be funny if Perez sacks him before his contract finishes.

As for the FA, most of them are Catalonia, some of them are also barka fans, I believe they were the ones who wanted Lope sacked.

They're catalans. The first person Lius hugged after winning the election was the Catalan FA president. F*cking sc*ms!

And to believe Barca pulled this ish before in 1980 with Kubala for the Euros, and these same Catalans didn't learn from that and went ahead to destabilize the team completely.

Kubala was Spain coach at Euro 1980 - announced pre-tournament he was leaving to take over at Barcelona - Spain finished bottom of group with one point.

My anger with Perez is that he is (and rightly so) going to take most of the blame.

-Lord

Shame on Real Madrid for succeeding in destabilizing their national team because of selfish reasons. Why that ill-fated announcement of yesterday couldn't wait until after world cup, beats me.
smh on Florentino Perez!

I like this new spanish president. He is a no-nonsense person. They thought he would allow the national team to be toyed with.

LordAdamX:


They're catalans. The first person Lius hugged after winning the election was the Catalan FA president. F*cking sc*ms!

And to believe Barca pulled this ish before in 1980 with Kubala for the Euros, and these same Catalans didn't learn from that and went ahead to destabilize the team completely.



My anger with Perez is that he is (and rightly so) going to take most of the blame.

-Lord

if Lope had signed for barka, I strongly doubt if he would have been sacked.

Maybe tomorrow, you start hearing that Lope has started receiving death threats.

Miremoses1:
if Lope had signed for barka, I strongly doubt if he would have been sacked.

Maybe tomorrow, you start hearing that Lope has started receiving death threats.

Well Hierro (another RM man) has been appointed as the coach. It seems there's no escaping the trap we gleefully cat-walked into. Waiting for the Spanish tabloids to start their musings.

Welcome to Madrid Lope!

-Lord

Miremoses1:
if Lope had signed for barka, I strongly doubt if he would have been sacked.

Maybe tomorrow, you start hearing that Lope has started receiving death threats.

u guys are clowns, why are u guys referring to Barcelona for, smh

Ibukzy:
u guys are clowns, why are u guys referring to Barcelona for, smh

Because Barca has done it before. In 1980. You guys signed the Spanish NT coach before the start of the Euros.

Scummies! If any club fan in Spain should say anything about this episode, certainly not cules.

-Lord

LordAdamX:


Because Barca has done it before. In 1980. You guys signed the Spanish NT coach before the start of the Euros.

Scummies! If any club fan in Spain should say anything about this episode, certainly not cules.

-Lord

You keep on mentioning 1980 as though you were there when everything happened. There is no excuse to how Real Madrid decided to toy with the national team just about when they are heading straight into the world cup. Stop dragging Barcelona to this.

This is what I was talking about yesterday. Perez has ruined our chances at the WC.

LordAdamX:


Well Hierro (another RM man) has been appointed as the coach. It seems there's no escaping the trap we gleefully cat-walked into. Waiting for the Spanish tabloids to start their musings.

Welcome to Madrid Lope!

-Lord

but sincerely speaking, Spanish FA shouldn't have sacked Lope, 20 games with 0 loss.

jpmoriarti:
You keep on mentioning 1980 as though you were there when everything happened. There is no excuse to how Real Madrid decided to toy with the national team just about when they are heading straight into the world cup. Stop dragging Barcelona to this.

Dude if you guys didn't feel the need to act so sanctimonious about this, like you guys were saints, no one will drag you guys into this.

You guys have done this before, so STFU and let others with genuine outrage voice their concern.

-Lord

Miremoses1:
but sincerely speaking, Spanish FA shouldn't have sacked Lope, 20 games with 0 loss.

IKR!

You'd think a bunch of adults would know two wrongs don't make a right. Not the folks at the Spanish FA apparently. Now the FA gets to pay his release clause instead of RM paying it at the end of the WC. All just to measure d*cks!

F*cking man children!

-Lord

LordAdamX:


Actually, Perez, Hierro, and Lius cost Spain the WC.

Perez for again thinking the world revolves around him, and Hierro/Lius thinking this was an ego-match with Perez.

Apparently, both Madrid and Barca players begged Lius to keep Lope until the end of the tourney. Lius refused.

Now they have to announce a new coach for a team selected by Lope, trained by Lope, and have played all the friendlies under Lope.

Perez just keeps making enemies for Madrid. Running Madrid like it's his family business. Expect all away games next season to be hostile for us, as I'm sure the media would make this all Madrid's fault. The players would face the music while the board will hide in the shadows.

-Lord

Very terrible move announcing such a deal without discussing with his current employers at the eve of a major tournament. Pretty crass and lacking of tact

While I think the Spanish FA overreacted it's hard to blame them from a principle standpoint. It's not done like that anywhere

Rubiales truly overreacted. Lope only agreed a deal for Christ sake and what's there with the announcement. Van Gaal agreed Man U deal before 2014 WC same with Conte before Euro 2016 and their teams performed well in the respective tournaments. The problem is the FA and there is something going on in that organisation they are not telling the world.

Perez does not have much fault in all this? Zidane exit caught him off guard and he had do something asap. World cup ends in July and next season starts in August. The guy only announced the agreement. Let's not forget that most top guns in Spain hate Madrid and the man cos of his influence and perhaps success. Rubiales saying he only got to know five minutes before the announcement also suggests his action somehow seems to be personal.

Rajmeista:
Rubiales truly overreacted. Lope only agreed a deal for Christ sake and what's there with the announcement. Van Gaal agreed Man U deal before 2014 WC same with Conte before Euro 2016 and their teams performed well in the respective tournaments. The problem is the FA and there is something going on in that organisation they are not telling the world.

Let's be sincere with ourselves, none of these guys signed a deal before the world cup then signed for another team 3 weeks later.

Allison will be a good addition... let's hope for more super signings
Hala Madrid

Allison will be a good addition... let's hope for more super signings
Hala Madrid

FergieRaww:
Allison will be a good addition... let's hope for more super signings

Hala Madrid

it won't be long. The deal might be concluded before Brazil play their first WC match.

Miremoses1:
it won't be long. The deal might be concluded before Brazil play their first WC match.

Allison is the best choice for us but isn't his transfer fee just too much ? i mean what has he achieved so far to warrant such an amount

well Perez and his way of getting things done asap is very surprising lol

Miremoses1:
Lopetegui will be unveiled as our head coach this evening.

Yup. Revealed as rumored.

-Lord

FergieRaww:


Allison is the best choice for us but isn't his transfer fee just too much ? i mean what has he achieved so far to warrant such an amount

well Perez and his way of getting things done asap is very surprising lol

it seems we have agreed a deal already. Let's wait and see.

LordAdamX:


Yup. Revealed as rumored.

-Lord

it was quite emotional, Lope lost his mom yesterday too. I believe he will excel in Madrid.

'Today is the happiest day of my life' - Julen Lopetegui unveiled as Real Madrid manager

Julen Lopetegui has been officially unveiled as the new manager of Real Madrid, after he was sacked by Spain two days before their World Cup opener.


Lopetegui was the surprise choice to replace Zinedine Zidane at the Bernabeu, after the Frenchman resigned over transfer policy despite winning three straight Champions League titles.

The former Porto boss accepted the offer to take over following his duties with Spain at the World Cup - but was dismissed by the Spanish FA before their opener against Portugal on Saturday.

Speaking at his unveiling, Lopetegui said: 'We will try and win everything. I just want to thank everyone, I feel like part of the Real family. Yesterday, after the death of my mother, was the saddest of my life, but today is the happiest day of my life.'

Real president Florentino Perez accused the Spanish FA of 'disrespecting' Real and attempting to 'destroy our image' in an extraordinary statement before Lopetegui spoke, as he claimed the club had been open in their agreement with Lopetegui in an attempt to avoid destabilising the Spanish effort at the World Cup.


He said: 'We wanted to have this act after the World Cup, a successful World Cup for our national team. However circumstances mean we are here now, and we are delighted to welcome the new manager of our team.

'I know for you, Julen, today is a day of a lot of feelings, strange feelings, as you wanted to be world champion, you wanted to make Spain champion of the world and then be manager of your dear Real Madrid.

'Inevitably there will be some comments about what has happened, but Real and Julen made an agreement to work together after the World Cup, respecting his contract. We wanted to do it before the World Cup to make it transparent and avoid rumours.

'There is no precedent that a manager agrees to become manager of a team after a competition and that agreement has been interpreted as disloyal. If you think it is, well, that is not how we do things in modern Spain. It is not true at all.

'We wanted to make it transparent and clear to prevent leaks that could damage Spain during the World Cup. This agreement seemed all normal, but then it was a reaction of pride from the FA president which has disrespected Real Madrid.


'There have been cases, Conte, van Gaal, who have agreed to move on from national teams before or during a competition. Real are proud to have been able to help the success of the national team, and it is important that we remain the most respected club in the world and work against those who seek to destroy our image. I do not want to play the victim, but we must combat this anti-Madrid feeling during one of the best moments in our history.

'We are hugely surprised and cannot understand how this agreement could affect the players who are committed to being world champions again. These are professional players, this agreement would not hurt them, there is nothing that does not justify Lopetegui being on the Spain bench tomorrow.

'We are sorry he could not fight to make Spain world champions, but we have the satisfaction of having a great manager to make history again. This is a huge challenge not many get to face, I want to thank you Julen, and welcome you to your home.'

Lopetegui previously played for Real as a goalkeeper, and managed the B team, Castilla, before coaching in Portugal.

Miremoses1:
it was quite emotional, Lope lost his mom yesterday too. I believe he will excel in Madrid.

Yea, poor him. Having to deal with all this.

It's us against the world... again. The anti-madridismo leanings won't faze us one bit. Now, let's get to business.

Rodrygo signed. A deal with Odriozola and Alisson in advanced stages.

#halamadrid

PS: Some are calling him J Lo. Don't know how I feel about that, but I think either is cool.

-Lord

LordAdamX:


Yea, poor him. Having to deal with all this.

It's us against the world... again. The anti-madridismo leanings won't faze us one bit. Now, let's get to business.

Rodrygo signed. A deal with Odriozola and Alisson in advanced stages.

#halamadrid

PS: Some are calling him J Lo. Don't know how I feel about that, but I think either is cool.

-Lord

Ah been thinking on which name I should call him vocally
That Lopetegui is not sounding so good

LosVikingos:


Ah been thinking on which name I should call him vocally
That Lopetegui is not sounding so good

J Lo or Lope. I prefer the latter, but either is good.

-Lord