In the 2018/19 season, Real Madrid began to go through a new era of transition, as the Merengue team was left without a coach, as the coach at that time, Zinedine Zidane, was leaving his position, and not only that, but also , Cristiano Ronaldo, made a global bombshell when he left the White House to join Juventus.
There were many doubts, as the Blanco club had to turn to new young players to replace the legendary Bicho, who left the team as the top scorer in the club's history, with 450 goals. Mariano arrived as the great addition, and then the young Brazilian promise Vinicius Jr arrived, but the doubt remained, who was going to be the coach who was going to sit on the Santiago Bernabéu bench.
The World Cup in Russia was just around the corner and the Spain coach gave another bombshell, as he resigned a few weeks before the start of the tournament and thus, Julen Lopetegui arrived on the bench at the Santiago Bernabéu. Expectations were high, since the Spanish strategist arrived at the current Champions League champion at that time.
However, reality surpassed fiction, since the Merengue squad did not completely convince anyone, and the last straw was the classic, on October 28, 2018, as they would lose 5-1 against Barcelona and Florentino Pérez decided to dismiss him. After this, the Spaniard went to Sevilla until 2022/23 and then moved to Wolverhampton, a team where he was dismissed on August 8 and is currently without a team.
A great reunion
With Julen Lopetegui without a team, several clubs have been interested, such as Manchester United, but according to the media As, Al-Ittihad, Karim Benzema's team, is interested in the Spaniard, since the Arab club dismissed the Portuguese Nuno Espírito Santo, coincidentally, former Wolverhampton manager. The Portuguese strategist was dismissed due to the poor results achieved in both the Saudi Pro League and the Asian Champions, but the coach's tense relationship with captain Benzema is another great reason to remove him from his position.
