Zidane transmitted to Florentino the complaint that he presented in the letter

Last Wednesday, Zidane left his brand new country house in the swamp of San Juan accompanied by his inseparable Veronique, whom he met when he was 17 years old and with whom he will celebrate his silver anniversary this summer. She was the only person to whom Zinedine had confided his best kept secret: his firm will to leave the Real Madrid.

He had decided for two fundamental reasons: because he did not feel fully supported by the club and because he felt unfairly treated by the press that covers the information on Real Madrid, especially on the hard days of January, when the team was eliminated from the Cup for Alcoyano, drifted in The league 12 points behind the leader, the Athletic, and had one foot out of the European Cup.

Zinedine and Veronique had a reservation at a restaurant near the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, La Maruca, a few meters from a temple of Madridism, From Maria, and there they finished finishing off the outline of the conversation that he would have only a few hours later with the president of Real Madrid. Zidane arrived at that appointment ready to personally tell the president what, just a few hours later, on Thursday morning, he himself captured in the first draft of the letter that this newspaper published in a world exclusive yesterday.

Florentino listened to Zidane's complaints and even tried to encourage him to change his mind and fulfilled the year of the contract that he still had signed with Real Madrid. Mission Impossible. Zidane had a firm decision made before arriving at the meeting with Pérez, who could not convince him in the almost two hours that the meeting lasted last Wednesday afternoon in Madrid. Something the president could imagine, since the signals that the coach had sent since the beginning of the year were precisely those explained in the letter published yesterday on these pages.

The club will not come out to refute the words of its coach, whom it continues to consider part of its history. Another thing is that the president is deeply disappointed, because although Zidane himself told him in person that he had not felt supported by the club, he never thought that he would publicly insist on his complaints. Florentino Pérez would have wanted Zinedine Zidane to always be a hero in the imaginary of Real Madrid.

The priority now is to quickly find a technician who will make the letter and the Frenchman forget as soon as possible. And, just in case, everyone on guard. Because the next to come out could be the captain, Ramos. Like Zidane, Sergio is awaiting one last conversation with Florentino, who will not move from his position: a one-year contract, like everyone over 35, like everyone else. Luka modric…