Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane was reportedly nearly sacked by president Florentino Perez in August of last year for his poor results and style of football with the Castilla side.
That's according to a report from Extraconfidencial (h/t Sport's Alejandro Alcazar), which claimed director Jose Angel Sanchez talked Perez out of the decisionu2015saying he didn't “dare” sack the club legend.
Per Alcazar, Zidane also reportedly had a poor relationship with some “high-ranking members” of the club:
The point of inflection was on August 5 of last year, during pre-season.