Dana is back with another episode of the “Off the pitch”. She will review the latest rumors and transfer news in the world of football.
Andre Villas-Boas sacked by Marseille
Before the Wednesday clash, Marseille’s coach held a press-conference. At first, it was a normal press-conference where Andre was very confident and said that Marseille’s management is working on transfers without his will. He said that management of the team is signing players on their own and never taking AVB’s ideas into the account. He said that the team is ready to sign a player without asking the coach. In just a few hours, Marseille’s official page wrote that AVB is out of duty. Andre resigned from the coaching position and said that he is free from now on.
Andre Villas-Boas said that the team is not buying players that the coach is hunting. He said that Marseille signed a player from Celtic without telling about negotiation to Andre. Former coach of Marseille said that the coach must be the first person to talk about the transfer and team needs. Keep in mind that AVB was against a transfer of Olivier Ntcham. Ex-coach said that Oliver is not a player that he sees in his strategy. At the same time, AVB knew nothing about the negotiations and transfer news.
Real Madrid is ready to sack Zinedine Zidane
Los Blancos is not playing well. Zidane’s team has a big downhill from the start of January. Keep in mind that Zidane’s team lost almost every possible title in January. First of all, the team was out of SuperCopa. Athletic Bilbao was way better in the semi-final of SuperCopa. In just a week, Real Madrid lost another knock-out style match – in this case, the team lost the game in Copa Del Rey. That’s why Real Madrid is out of Copa Del Rey competition. Zidane’s team also lost home-match and dropped a few points in January. Dropping a few points here and there led Real Madrid to 10 points gap with the leader of La Liga. Atletico Madrid is 10 points ahead and has one game in hand. It’s almost impossible to reach Atletico Madrid’s level from this standpoint.
Fans are not happy with Zidane’s approach. He is not testing new and young players. Zinedine Zidane still relied on Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Karim Benzema. These players get big trust from the head coach of Real Madrid. The management of Real Madrid wants to sign Raul at the position of head coach. Los Blancos may play under Raúl González Blanco next season.