Real Madrid in talks with Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti over managerial vacancy

Carlo Ancelotti
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Real Madrid have opened talks with Carlo Ancelotti as they seek to appoint a replacement for Zinedine Zidane, reports state.

Zidane ended his second spell in charge at the Santiago Bernabeu last week after his side lost out to Atletico Madrid in the La Liga title race.

“I’m leaving because I feel that the club didn't give me the support I needed, it didn't offer me the support to construct a project for the medium or long term,” he wrote.

“Here they have forgotten something very important, everything we built each day, everything I contributed to the relationship with the players, with the 150 people who work with the team,” continued the French coach. 

“You have human beings, emotions and life and I got the impression that these things were not being appreciated, and people forgot that's how you maintain the dynamic of a great club. I even felt in a certain way that I was being reproached.

“I am not asking for privileges, of course not, but a bit of memory. That's why it hurt so much when I read in the press, after one defeat, that I was going to be sacked if I didn't win the next game. 

“It hurt me and all my team because these messages that were intentionally leaked to the media created negative feelings with the squad, they created doubts and misunderstandings.”

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