Real Madrid fault recent managers for failing to control the dressing room

Real Madrid fault recent managers for failing to control the dressing room

Real Madrid are set for a massive managerial change in June, with Jose Mourinho now linked as the prime candidate to take over at the club.

After all, the team did not enjoy great runs under either of the two previous managers – Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa – with the players seemingly dominating the dressing room over the manager in both cases.

A lot of the blame, needless to say, has been deflected onto the players by the media, and fans across the globe now seem to have understood that the egos in the dressing room are a bigger problem than initially expected.

Real Madrid, however, see it differently.

Manager’s fault

Indeed, as reported by Onda Cero in a recent update, Real Madrid’s administration and hierarchy believe that the problem is not with the squad but with the managers.

They firmly stand by their idea that the problem this season has been the lack of authority from both Alonso and Arbeloa, which gave the squad the chance to take the upper hand.

Arbeloa and Alonso both failed to control the dressing room. (Photo by Fran Santiago/Getty Images)

Such a situation, they insist, should have been foreseen and prevented by the coaches by exercising more authority behind the scenes, and they thus paint a weak image of both tacticians.