“My plan when I first started playing was to try to reach the pinnacle – and Real is the pinnacle”, Bale was quoted as saying by the BBC.
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Rafa Benitez appears to be on borrowed time at Real Madrid, with his much criticised style of play compounded by a humbling 4-0 defeat at home to Barcelona in Saturday’s one-sided Clasico.
Real were crushed by their title rivals at Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday to heap more pressure on the under-fire Benitez.
MADRID (AP) – Real Madrid fans vividly showed their dissatisfaction, frantically waving white “goodbye” handkerchiefs and loudly jeering. “Things are fine at the moment”, he said. ‘I am with Castilla and if I stay at the club it is the coach of Castilla. At the end of last season I felt that I was still lacking something to take charge of the first team.
“What I am doing, as I did when I was a player, I am doing bit by bit. That’s what I’m judging from the outside because usually Rafa is known to be a really authoritative-type manager and does things his way”.
“I’m still lacking a lot, and anyway a coach is never ready”. “Maybe we need to buy a left-back”, said Van Gaal on Sunday, after seeing a move to three in the back predictably go badly against Watford.
Benitez defends himself by pointing to the team’s numbers this season.
Throughout his time in Madrid, the former Liverpool boss has been accused of being overly defensive in terms of team selection and strategic approach.
Furthermore, the 30-year-old has also been a creative force for Real Madrid laying on 17 chances, registering two assists. I’ve got other interests outside of the game.
Several reports claim Benitez’s position is under immediate threat, while many fans believe Perez should be held equally responsible for years of under-achievement.
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And, incredibly, he told him that he didn’t have to play any of Madrid’s major stars.
