THE FRENCH'S FAREWELL LETTER
Zidane to Florentino: "The club doesn't give me the confidence I need ..."
Published:31/05/2021 - 09:00h
Updated:31/05/2021 - 09:00h
Zinedine Zidane has given the final goodbye to Real Madrid through a letter to the fans, which has been published by the newspaper 'AS'
Zinedine Zidane has said goodbye, for the second time, to the Real Madrid. Some days after the end of the season 2021-2022, the French technician did his cases and abandoned the team in which it premièred like trainer and with which reached the sky of the European football in three consecutive opportunities. The pressure and fault of confidence have been keys for the farewell of the technician, according to him same has desvelado.
This Monday, the newspaper 'ACE' spread a letter to the madridismo of 'Zizou', that has wanted to explain all the reasons of his farewell, no without before appreciate to all those that have formed part of his go through the White House and to those who allowed that it turned into a legend of the football, so much in the terrain of game as in the benches.
The French has begun saying that "from twenty years ago, from the first day in which I stepped the city of Madrid and dressed me with the white T-shirt have given me your affection", adding that "I have had the big honour to be player and trainer of the most important club of the history, but first of all am a madridista more. By all this wanted to write you this letter to sack me of you and explain you my decision to leave the bench".
It explained that "when in March of the 2019 accepted to go back to train to the Madrid after a rest of some eight months was because the president Florentino Pérez asked it to me, of course, but also because you said it to me each day", desvelando that in 2018, when it said "goodbye" for the first time, was because "after two years and half with so many victories and so many trophies felt that the team needed a new speech to keep in the highest".
"I go me because I seat that the club no longer gives me the confidence that need, does not offer me the support to build something to half or long term"
It continued with the big 'sticks' to Florentino Pérez and all the Real Madrid. "Today the things are different. I go me because I seat that the club no longer gives me the confidence that need, does not offer me the support to build something to half or long term", wrote the French. "I know the football and know the requirement of a club like the Madrid, know that when you do not win have to go you. But here it has forgotten a very important thing, has forgotten all what have built in the day in day out, what have contributed in the relation with the players, with the ciento fifty people that work with and around the team".
It continued adding that "I am a born winner and was here to conquer trophies, but further of this are the human beings, the emotions, the life and have the feeling that these things have not been valued, that it has not understood that like this also keeps the dynamics of a big club. Even, of some form, has reproached me ", criticised.
Zidane asks respect... And recognition
In his letter to the madridismo, 'Zizou' said that "I want to that it respect what have done between all. It had liked me that in the last months my relation with the club and with the president had been a poquito different to the one of other trainers. It did not ask privileges, of course that no, but a bit more than memory", explained.
"Today the life of a technician in the bench of a big club is of two seasons, no much more. So that it last more time the human relations are essential, are more important that the money, more important that the fame, more important that everything. It is necessary to take care them", revealed the French.
"These messages filtered intencionalmente to the media created negative interferences with the staff, created doubts and misunderstandings"
Zidane also accepted that it hurt him read in the press that after a defeat, went him to sack. "It hurt me to me and to all the team because these messages filtered intencionalmente to the media created negative interferences with the staff, created doubts and misunderstandings", explained, but that "less badly" had to wonderful "players that were to death with me. When the thing put ugly saved me with magnificent victories", remembered.
The footballers "believed in me and knew that it believed in them" and this is due to that it knows what needs a team. "Along these twenty years in the Madrid have learnt that you, the fans, want to"win, clear that yes, but that first of all want that we give it all, the trainer, the staff, the workers and of course the footballers. And I can ensure that we have given 100% of us same by the club", recognised.
'Stick' to the press and the last goodbye
Zidane has closed his letter sending a message to the press, that so many times criticised him and filled him of criticisms and that also, in press conferences, the only that spoke was of subjects at all related with the football. The Frenchman aimed that "I have done hundreds of press conferences and unfortunately have spoken very little of football and know that you also love to the football, that this sport joins us".
It added that "without pretending criticise you or give you lessons, had liked me that the questions did not go always directed to the controversy, that had chatted more often of the ball and first of all of the players, that are and always will be the most important of this game. We do not forget the football, take care the football", demanded.
Finally, like the last farewell, 'Zizou', the hero of the ninth, eleventh, decimosegunda and decimo third Champions League of the Real Madrid, closed his letter with a "wanted to madridistas, always will be one of you. Hala Madrid!"