Ramos and Madrid, total divorce

More and more signs are being sent that Ramos has no future at Real Madrid. One month after the end of his contract, the situation is completely stranded. Furthermore, it is already more than evident that there is a total divorce between the captain and the president. The signing of Alaba is decisive to see that there will be a change of order in Madrid. Alaba, with 28 years and five years of career at a good level ahead, takes the salary of the camero, which the club has not included in the promotional videos of the new shirt.

Onda Cero has been the one that has provided the latest data on one of the main reasons for the divorce between Ramos and Real Madrid. The white club, reports the radio station, is very hurt because Ramos was one of the main promoters of the squad's refusal to cut their salary by 10 percent this season, the second in which income has fallen dramatically due to the crisis derived from the coronavirus and the absence of public in the stadiums. That forced Madrid to individually negotiate this 10 percent reduction, which has only been assumed in some cases. Ramos' argument is that this reduction intended by Madrid, reports Onda cero, was going to serve to pay Mbappé.

This reduction was vital for Madrid to avoid a large part of the more than 100 million euros of losses that it foresees in this second year in a pandemic (in total, revenues have fallen more than 30% to 617 million). That global drop of 10% in salaries in soccer, basketball, castile and senior managers it would have cost around 50 million euros. Keep in mind that, With 617 million euros of income, the total wage bill of the 800 workers of the club is 448 million.

But there are other triggers that have caused that final divorce between Ramos and Real Madrid. Three stand out among all. The first was in 2015, when Sergio Ramos forced to renew upward with an offer from United just as the other captain, Casillas, had left Madrid in a traumatic manner. The second, when both met in the locker room after the elimination in the Champions League against Ajax, two seasons ago. Third, when Ramos asked to go to China with the freedom letter. The president did not let him, and also left the defense in evidence when he said publicly that he was the highest earner of the white squad.

Ramos has been that kind of captain who doesn't mince words. It was clear when he did not hesitate to comment on a possible return of Mourinho: “We have been five years without him and we have won a lot in these years …”, he said when the bells sounded of a possible return of the Portuguese coach. “Respect is earned, it is not imposed …”, He did not hesitate to point out when the one who rang was Conte and his heavy hand. Both statements questioned Florentino's approaches. Now, a new era begins and the captain has very difficult to be in it.

These are, in expanded detail, the three events in the past that separate Ramos from Madrid.

Disencounter in 2015.

Summer 2015. René Ramos took advantage of an offer from Manchester United to force the renewal of the captain that was brewing. The news went around the world: United, in the middle of the investment process, with Van Gaal as coach (and to make forget the Ferguson era), gave Ramos 55 million euros net in five seasons. They paid at the price of gold to fill the void left by Vidic and Ferdinand. Ramos was then 29 years old and a large part of his career ahead of him. That ordeal did not sit well with Florentino, especially because it coincided with the traumatic departure of the Casillas entity. He couldn't stop the squad in one fell swoop without his two captains. He had to agree and Ramos went on to collect 12 million euros net.

In the locker room after Ajax.

It was after the elimination of the Champions League at the hands of Ajax. Florentino went down to the locker room to recriminate what happened to the squad and, once again, Ramos came out in defense of the players facing the president: “The planning has been a shame,” he told her. “I miss you,” Florentino said. “Perfect, you pay”, the defender settled … That season was especially difficult for Real Madrid, because it was the first after the departure of Cristiano for 100 million euros to Juve. After his departure, Madrid signed Vinicius (45), Courtois (35), Odriozola (35), Brahim (17) and above all, to replace the goal that went with the Portuguese, Mariano (22). Ramos didn't think it was enough.

The offer from China.

It was the last encounter between the two and after him their relationship, according to what they say from both parties, is better than ever. In the summer of 2019, with a contract until 2021 and a clause of 800 million euros, the great captain requested a meeting with José Ángel Sánchez and Florentino to try to leave with the freedom letter. It was a few months after the fight in the locker room for the elimination against Ajax. Then it was Florentino who gave his version: “They came to see me at my office. They told me that if I could leave but without paying because transfers in Chinese football are very complicated. I told him that he could not leave and that we would talk to the Chinese club. It is impossible for him to let out. to its captain for free, because it is a terrible precedent. ” And he revealed that he was the one who earned the most in Madrid. The atmosphere became so against the captain that he was forced to give a press conference: “I want to retire at Madrid, I would play for free here.”