Real Madrid’s talsiman, Cristiano Ronaldo has made a shocking request to Zidane and the Real Madrid board as he wants Gareth Bale to be replaced by James Rodriguez in the side.
The club’s all time record goal scorer is reportedly not happy with the way Zidane has treated Rodriguez over the past few weeks. James has been a bit part player for Real, but as still managed 6 goals and 6 assists in his last 11 appearances.
Ronaldo has questioned Zidane over his decision to play Bale in the recent Classico against Barcelona even though the Welshman had not fully recovered from his injury. Bale was substituted mid way through the match with the latest injury ruling him out for at least a couple of weeks.
Asensio was supposed to take Gareth Bale’s place as Real look to overcome their neighbors Atletico Madrid in the semi finals of the Champions League over the next 10 days.
In other news, Real Madrid are furious at David De Gea after the Spaniard exchanged a few texts with his former Atletico team mates in which he hoped that they would beat Real in the upcoming Champions Legaue semi finals.
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Perez and his team and angry that De Gea, who is a probable Galactico signing for Real Madrid in the summer, sent these messages.
De Gea’s move back to Madrid has been a subject of much interest over the last few summer transfer windows. But it looks very likely that Real will land their man this time around as Jose looks to rebuild his side with the money from De Gea’s transfer.
But this has thrown a spanner in the works right now !