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Being a Real Madrid legend and getting out of the club well is something much more complicated than it seems. The recent examples show it, but this is not an exclusive subject of the current stage of the white club. Florentine He is the highest executive of an elite company, such as Real Madrid, and his role obliges him to make the decisions that he considers most beneficial for the entity, although sometimes they are not to the liking of a sector of the fans or criticism.
It is not easy to grow old in the Real Madrid. From 33-34 years old, the demand for the best club in the world means that the vast majority of players, including the legends, have to think about taking a step to the side, and that is not easy for a guild, such as that of the footballers, used to stepping on red carpets and being entertained 24 hours a day.
Fight Bernabéu-Di Stéfano
In 1964, Miguel Muñoz, like every season finale, met with Santiago Bernabéu in his office and gave him the list of registrations and losses for the following season. In the first, the name of Alfredo Di Stéfano, with whom he had already had several confrontations. At 38 years old, there was more than he added, and having been the most important footballer in the club’s history was not going to save him from the decision made by Muñoz.
Santiago Bernabeu He called Di Stéfano to the boardroom and told him in front of all the directors that he had to leave the club. Alfredo, hysterical, began to release a series of expletives from his mouth that forever buried the relationship between the two: “Antonio, make sure that this son of a bitch does not return to Real Madrid or buttons while I am president,” Bernabéu told him to Antonio Calderón, the club’s manager at that time. So it was. Di Stéfano did not return to Madrid until 1982, four years after Bernabéu’s death.
He was the first of a list in which in the Florentine era they have entered Hierro, Del Bosque, Guti, Raúl, Casillas or Cristiano, but with an important difference with respect to Santiago Bernabéu. Some of those who left through the back door, have returned to Madrid after retiring, and with Florentino as president. There are now Casillas and Raúl.
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