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#4 Quite simply, he doesn't have the pedigree of a Real Madrid manager
As stated earlier, Lopetegui has had a moderate coaching career till date. His only prior senior club jobs to the Madrid one were as the coach for Rayo Vallecano and FC Porto in the Portuguese league, and with all due respect to them, neither is nearly on the same pedestal as Real Madrid.
At Porto, he failed to win a single trophy in his two years in charge. The only titles he has won as a manager came at youth level when he led the Spain U19 and U21 sides to triumph in the UEFA European age grade championships in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
He took over the national team job in 2016 and led La Furia Roja to remain unbeaten for the next 20 matches, although it is pertinent to note that this is not as impressive as it looks on first sight, as most of the matches were in qualifiers against weak European competition who Spain are expected to beat, or in dead rubber friendlies which more often than not end in stalemates.
The Real Madrid job is the biggest coaching job in the world, as the club's illustrious history and quest to win every title puts any incoming manager under instant pressure, and only the biggest managers in the world can cope with such pressure.
The caliber of players at the club - serial winners and world-class players who have won everything in the game means that winning the confidence of such players is no mean feat, and the 52-year-old failed to meet the mark in both regards.
Lopetegui arrived in Real Madrid with a relatively sparse CV, and despite his moderately impressive works at other clubs, as David Moyes showed at Manchester United, he just didn't cut the fit to be the coach of the biggest club in the world.
