As we are already talking about transition periods and coach waste I have a question for Beast/Wolfe which I always wanted to ask. It refers to del Bosque and his exit from Madrid. As far as I understand he was treated very badly from the board regardless of his succes (some would say worse than a dog) and the fact that he dedicated his life to the club. So what I do not understand is why so many Madridistas welcomed back Perez with open arms even if he not only fired but discarded one of the most succesful coaches the club ever had? This is not a dig but pure interest as I was not following football that much during that time.
Those are two questions not related to each other
A mixture of many things..
First Del Bosque.. Perez (back than he was the man fully in charge ) wasn't happy with Del Bosque after all the man was hired by non other than his arch nemesis Sanz who overseen two CL in his era despite many wrong financial call , so add some of the subs made(Popular players on the bench , refusal to go on extended tours..etc ) , wanted to let go of more old school players ( a year before Makelele was sent packing for Beckham ) the grandiose idea of a fully attacking team disregarding the defense.. so Del Bosque being Del Bosque pointed out the need to buy a DM to cut a long story short they turned him down and the team split into two
the Raulista and the Hierroista ...Raul protecting his position from the fierce competition of on form Ronaldo and El Moro played with Perez vs Del Bosque..
he wasn't sent packing but his contract was finished and not renewed , same thing for the Captain and leader Hierro
needless to the say the result was disastrous from Quieroz who was bought mainly to accommodate David Beckham (who caused a frenzy of fans and money generated for the club )
Del Bosque was angry not from the club but from Perez and his cronnies that's why attempts to lure him back under Calderon failed as Calderon was Perez man , Del Bosque remains our club man who spend his entire life in the club ..
the blame lies in two people , Raul Gonzalez and Perez.. the former was a very strong figure with the fans and as always protected his position in the starting line up by every means possible and Perez saw the benefit of looks (financially ) when Beckham joined .. Quieroz and after that Lux was more a handsome man in charge which is excellent for posters and commercial value (this is a billionaire businessman don't forget )
it was a fantasy dream for Perez mixing both looks and style and the club paid heavily for it .. but i think the lesson is learned as seen by the players bought this time around and who is charge.
why he was elected ? simply because of Calderon.. Madridista must maintain their prestige among other clubs despite Calderon good intentions he lacked confidence and screwed up our relation with almost everyone .. B Munich , United , Milan...etc
they did the transfers the wrong way and it affected Real prestige , add to that he always said the wrong words to the extent he became the bottom of jokes, he tried to cheat in the general assembly of the socios, the 6-2 was the last sign of any form of opposition to Perez return
..Perez coming back while he represent the exact opposite is what Madridista needed at that time... even those who thought of running against him found total support from our Socios.. he didn't even need to run an election
everyone knew Perez deliver his promises , as sneaky as you can get , excellent relation with everyone even our rivals and the result ? Kaka which Calderon failed to get he got him and signed a cooperation agreement with Milan giving both clubs first option on each other players .. CR price was Calderon mistake (signed him for all that money and put a penalty if one of the clubs wanted to cancel the deal worth 30 mil as penalty ) so it was either pay 96 million for CR or pay 30 Million Euro penalty ..
in short he was the best one around and white platform (the opposition anti-Perez group ) didn't provide substantial ideas to lure our Socios
The difference this time is that Perez isn't anything except a president , the man behind the throne is fan favourite Valdano , if Perez was in charge like the first stint for example he wouldn't last past the Lyon fiasco .
We trust Valdano and all we can hope for is more stability
