Can Solari keep his job at Real Madrid?
How long till we fire Solari? Isn't this firing culture affecting the stability and reputation of the club?
— Aakanksha sharma (@sharma_ak) November 26, 2018
A string of poor results is usually the first and only answer here, however, given that the club has already sacked one manager, surely they can’t do it twice? If Perez wants to keep some form of stability on what is already a rocky season, I’d keep the faith in the man you’ve decided to give the job too. B
ut this is Real Madrid and anything is possible – I wouldn’t be surprised if a poor run sees him gone. However, looking at the implications, I think Perez knows he can’t afford to. Who will take the job midseason when the club is in a bit of a mess right now? Nobody would want to risk smearing their name for that.
In terms of reputation, I think most people know that at Madrid it is sink or swim, it’s merciless and that’s been the case throughout the tenure of Florentino Perez. I do, however, believe it is one of the reasons that Madrid has struggled in the league in the past decade.
If you look at the general lifespan of a Madrid manner since the early 2000’s until now, it’s not a long time. Here’s a statistic, from the departure of Munoz up to Ancelotti, a time-span of 41 years, Madrid has been through 31 managers with an average tenure of just one year and four months.
This makes you wonder how hard it must be for players to bed into managers ideas when they’re not even seeing out more than an average of 70 games. It’s quite frankly absurd, especially when you think that some managers were dismissed for going trophyless after winning only the season prior – Carlo Ancelotti for example!