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#2 Big club, Bigger egos
Real Madrid is a galaxy of superstars, where the greatest talents in the world come to play. One of the biggest obstacles for anyone who has come in to manage the most decorated club in the world has to be to deal with the biggest egos in world football.
Since Real Madrid are a club built on winning titles, it comes as no surprise that they seek out some of the best talents in the world of football. With great talent, comes greater self-confidence, which can be difficult to manage considering football is a sport that counts on 11 bodies working in unison.
When players command the highest wages in the world, ludicrous sums of money and live the grand life, often it tends to get to their heads. The competitive nature of such athletes certainly doesn't help the cause of team spirit.
In such situations, you need a man who is undeniably worthy enough to dictate to these players. And few in the world football command the respect the Frenchman did.
Zinedine Zidane needed no introduction for the squad to sit up and take notice, neither did the footballing world. The space he's carved out for himself in the game is matched only by a few, if any.
Therefore, when he walked into the dressing room filled with Galacticos, Zidane was heard and his instructions were carried out on the field (something others like Rafael Benitez failed miserably at doing in the Spanish capital). We wonder if Lopetegui will be able to do the same.
With payers like Isco, Matteo Kovacic and Gareth Bale demanding that the new manager give assurances that they will get much more playing-time unless Real wishes to lose them, are signs that all is certainly not well in Madrid.
