Managing Madrid Podcast: The lack of a sporting director

On this episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Eduardo Alvarez discuss:

- What it means to let Zinedine Zidane build his own Real Madrid

- Is he still going to get that freedom? Why the feeling has changed

- Certain journalists in Madrid on Florentino’s strings

- The fate of certain players depending on the manager

- Who should actually make the decisions on signings?

- Missing a Jorge Valdano figure

- How much power should the coach actually have?

- Raul Gonzalez’s impact on our fandom

- And more.

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Hosts this week:

Eduardo Alvarez (@Alvarez)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)