Ancelotti to remain at the club and are unhappy
about Rafa Benitez emerging as favourite to
succeed him at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Ancelotti brought the club their long-awaited tenth
European crown last season, but Goal understand
that he faces a battle to survive a campaign in
which he failed to retain the Champions League or
win La Liga.
Goal spoke to a number of influential Real Madrid
supporters to gauge their opinion on the recent
developments - and the consensus is that fans
want Ancelotti to stay and are generally critical of
president Florentino Perez and any plans to
appoint Benitez.
"Ancelotti's first year was very good, with many
titles, but this season he finished as runners-up i
the league and only made it to the Champions
League semi-finals," explains Luis Molina,
President of Peña Madridista Tivoli - one of
Madrid's leading supporter groups.
"I would like Ancelotti to stay. But if not, Rafa
Benitez is a better choice than Jurgen Klopp,
Nuno, Michel or anyone else. He is Spanish and
knows the club."
A former Real Madrid Castilla player, Benitez took
charge of teams at every level of the club below
the first team during his formative years in
management, before moving on to Valladolid and
eventually leading Valencia to two league titles.
“Benitez knows the culture and philosophy of the
club, but is known to rule his clubs with an iron
fist and that could hit the stars of Real Madrid har
– as it did under Jose Antonio Camacho in 2004,”
says fellow fan member Javier Velasco.
“His profile as a studious and meticulous
technician can work well back at the club he calls
home... but I'm not convinced.”
There are also concerns from fans that president
Perez is set to repeat the mistakes he made durin
his first term between 2000 and 2006. He was
heavily criticised for sanctioning the sales of key
figures such as Claude Makelele as he sought to
pack the side with Galacticos.
The likes of Michael Owen, Julio Baptista, and
Robinho ultimately proved failures as his Zidanes
and Pavones policy was ultimately deemed a
failure.
In his second term, Perez's decision to sign Garet
Bale for a club record €100 million has earned
more criticism of his methods, with the Wales
international repeatedly jeered by local supporters
throughout the second half of the current
campaign.
“It will be another Perez blunder, who is set to
once again commit the same mistakes he did in
his first term,” says club socio and writer Jesus
Polo.
“You can bring in Benitez, Johann Cruyff or
whoever else, but if there is no sporting project,
continuity and trust in the staff, we will fail. Perez
does not represent me. Not everything is about
money.”
The club have now gone through 11 coaches in 1
years since Perez controversially fired Vicente Del
Bosque in 2003, just a year after he had led the
club to their second Champions League title in
three years.
"Until Real Madrid let a coach work for a solid
cycle of four to five years, they will not meet their
general objectives, whatever they may be. They
may win titles, but will never soar like Barcelona,”
fan member Alvaro Gonzalez.
Another Madridista, Alberto Sanchez, is even more
damning: “The arrival of Benitez means the
departure of Ancelotti, which is a sign that the hig
command of Real Madrid understand little or
nothing about football.
“After years of back and forth, the best team in the
world has a coach to match, and both fans and
staff are happy with him.”
The Real Madrid fans have spoken.
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