SOLARI, BALE NOT EXPECTED IN MADRID NEXT SEASON
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Former Real Madrid manager John Toshack has said he does not expect Santiago Solari to be in charge next season and said Gareth Bale could also leave.
Toshack who won the 1989-90 La Liga title during his first spell in charge but was sacked the following season, with his second spell, in 1999, lasting nine months, told ESPN he felt Solari’s only chance of staying was to win the Champions League.
“Solari has gone in there with no managerial experience at this level, coming from the second team,” he said. “There are doubts already.
“They were unbeaten in six games then lost 3-0 at little Basque club Eibar, and there was already talk about new people coming in.
“More than anywhere else, the pressure, the coverage, the press, radio, everything, is really intense at Madrid.
“Solari has got to get them moving up the league pretty quickly, and if he can do the business in the Champions League there is a possibility he would stay. But I don’t think he will be in charge next season.”
Toshack suggested previous coach Julen Lopetegui had been pushed out for “political” reasons, with Solari a “stopgap.”
“Lopetegui was a player for me my first time at Madrid,” he said. “I know him very well.
“It is just the way things go. Madrid is very special and, when they made the change, they felt they had to do something. It was a little bit of a stopgap thing. It is all very political.
“They are going to be looking for another manager now if things do not go well for Solari. I get the feeling they are already looking for someone to go in afterwards.”
But he expressed doubts that Solari could be replaced by former Madrid boss Jose Mourinho if he leaves Manchester United.
“Strange things can happen at Madrid, but it is very difficult for a manager to turn Madrid down,” he said. “I’m not so sure it would be Mourinho, to be honest.”
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