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Former Real Madrid forward, Gareth Bale, has expressed his views on the recent sacking of manager Xabi Alonso.
Bale attributed Alonso’s dismissal to his inability to manage the egos present in the Real Madrid squad.
Alonso, who replaced Carlo Ancelotti, was recently sacked after taking the reins at the Santiago Bernabeu last year.
“You need to manage the egos in the dressing room, you’ve to pamper the egos. You don’t need to do so many tactical things,” Bale said during an interview with TNT (via The Real Champs).
“In the dressing room, there are superstars who can change matches in the blink of an eye. So, yes, you can tell he [Xabi Alonso] is a great coach and tactician, but at Real Madrid, obviously, it did not work.
“He is going to need control over that group [Real Madrid stars], and that is something you don’t get at Real Madrid.”
