Julen Lopetegui

Lopetegui breaks silence after Real Madrid dismissal

Julen Lopetegui has paid tribute to the Real Madrid fans, after he was sacked as manager on Monday. The 52-year-old was axed following the 5-1 El Clasico humiliation at the hands of Barcelona on Sunday. Madrid released a statement to confirm Lopetegui’s exit, in which they appeared to criticise the former Spain boss for failing to […]

Lopetegui sacked by Real Madrid

Spanish club Real Madrid have parted ways with their manager Julen Lopetegui following the poor performance of the club and is temporarily replaced by Santiago Solari. The 5-1 heavy El Clasico defeat at the Camp Nou against Barcelona was the final blow for the Spanish manager. Solari who has been the manager of Castilla side […]

Zidane changed the system to field other players instead of me – Ceballos

Zidane changed the system to field other players instead of me – Ceballos

Real Madrid footballer Dani Ceballos opened up to Radio MARCA about life as a Los Blancos player and he made it clear that he was unhappy at the way he was dealt with by Zinedine Zidane. The style that the team had under Zidane might have worked well but for Ceballos in particular, it was obvious that the French head coach preferred other […]

Bayern Munich haven’t definitively closed the door on James Rodriguez negotiations

Bayern Munich haven’t definitively closed the door on James Rodriguez negotiations

Julen Lopetegui feels Real Madrid have a player capable of making up much of the creative shortfall left behind by Cristiano Ronaldo‘s departure in James Rodriguez, and Bayern Munich haven’t definitively closed the door on negotiations with Los Blancos. A two-year loan deal was agreed in the summer of 2017 which took the Colombian play […]

Luis Enrique appointed as new Spain boss

Luis Enrique appointed as new Spain boss

The Spanish FA have hired Luis Enrique to be the new coach of the national team. Luis Rubiales, the federation’s president, sacked Julen Lopetegui on the eve of the World Cup after the Basque had agreed to join Real Madrid and he appointed Fernando Hierro for the ill-fated campaign in Russia. Now, Rubiales has hired a permanent replacement […]