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As I sat in my apartment, drinking the last of my beer, it became fairly obvious that my life had got out of hand. It was causing a strain on my marriage, my wife was on the brink of leaving me, I was spending less and less time with my kids, I couldn’t do it anymore.
I thought being the Director of Football for Real Madrid would be a fairly easy job. Not a lot of stress, not a lot of work. It was true, I didn’t really do much. The stress and excitement of everyday life that I had when I was a player had slowly fizzled out in to nothingness. I thrived off it. Living without it, was…depressing.
I made the call. I had become good friends with Florentino Perez, the Real Madrid president, over time, I had been to his house and met his family, so I knew he would be understanding of my decision. I explained to him that I couldn’t do it, I couldn’t carry on with my job at Real Madrid, I needed something bigger, better, more exciting. He said it was fine, and that I was welcome back at the club at any time.
Before hanging up the phone, Florentino told me to turn on Sky Sports News. I did, and I was greeted by this.
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An opening at Juventus, a former club...my chance?
Edit - Still trying to get the hang of inserting images, anybody know how I can get it so the images aren't so small? Thanks, feedback appreciated also!
As I sat in my apartment, drinking the last of my beer, it became fairly obvious that my life had got out of hand. It was causing a strain on my marriage, my wife was on the brink of leaving me, I was spending less and less time with my kids, I couldn’t do it anymore.
I thought being the Director of Football for Real Madrid would be a fairly easy job. Not a lot of stress, not a lot of work. It was true, I didn’t really do much. The stress and excitement of everyday life that I had when I was a player had slowly fizzled out in to nothingness. I thrived off it. Living without it, was…depressing.
I made the call. I had become good friends with Florentino Perez, the Real Madrid president, over time, I had been to his house and met his family, so I knew he would be understanding of my decision. I explained to him that I couldn’t do it, I couldn’t carry on with my job at Real Madrid, I needed something bigger, better, more exciting. He said it was fine, and that I was welcome back at the club at any time.
Before hanging up the phone, Florentino told me to turn on Sky Sports News. I did, and I was greeted by this.
View attachment 262699
An opening at Juventus, a former club...my chance?
Edit - Still trying to get the hang of inserting images, anybody know how I can get it so the images aren't so small? Thanks, feedback appreciated also!
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