PETE JENSON: Re-hiring Carlo Ancelotti would be revenge for Florentino Perez against Zidane Zidane and his savage open letter slamming the Real Madrid president... his return is the perfect riposte to the idea that the Bernabeu hotseat is unbearable

If Carlo Ancelotti becomes Real Madrid’s next manager, mark it down as the club president Florentino Perez taking revenge of sorts of Zinedine Zidane.

The Real Madrid president has been wounded by Zidane’s open letter accusing him of undermining him from the shadows.

No sacked coach – and have 12 departed from the club in Perez’ two spells as Madrid president – has ever gone public on the difficulty of working for Perez whose reputation has been harmed by the open letter from Zidane published by AS on Monday.