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Why did Real Madrids Galacticos fail so much?

RoyH1

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Maybe this also gives you some clue




He also spoke about Camacho wanting to have training sessions at 7 am. He lasted 10 days as coach.
Granted that would land a lot of managers in trouble, not just those in superstar teams
 

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Was Beckham's time deemed a football success not a business one at Madrid?
Probably not. Think Madrid only won 1 league title while he was there and there was 2 or 3 seasons of them being really awful. While Beckham wasnt exactly in poor form or past it, his time there coincided with them getting battered by the likes of Osasuna every week because the team/management was all over the place.
 

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-Zidane was always very inconsistent. Very elegant but often not decisive directly and even indirectly as a playmaker. He joined Real at age 29. Back then by the time players were 30, most of them were finished.

-Ronaldo was typical Brazilian (parties) and became fat. In addition to ofcourse prior career threatening injuries.

-Figo was past it (turned 30) after a very good first couple of season.

- Beckham actually played well but while he was industrious and could cross/ pass the ball long better than anyone, he was limited in other areas meaning he couldn't carry them.

- Getting rid of Makelele

- Getting rid of Del Bosque and bringing in crappie managers.
 

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Was Beckham's time deemed a football success not a business one at Madrid?
Huge commercial success, as a player he did well but unfortunately most of his time there we were too disfunctional. Played a key role in regaining the league title in his final season though and is remembered fondly because of it
-Zidane was always very inconsistent.
Only in his final two seasons
 

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-Zidane was always very inconsistent. Very elegant but often not decisive directly and even indirectly as a playmaker. He joined Real at age 29. Back then by the time players were 30, most of them were finished.

-Ronaldo was typical Brazilian (parties) and became fat. In addition to ofcourse prior career threatening injuries.

-Figo was past it (turned 30) after a very good first couple of season.

- Beckham actually played well but while he was industrious and could cross/ pass the ball long better than anyone, he was limited in other areas meaning he couldn't carry them.

- Getting rid of Makelele

- Getting rid of Del Bosque and bringing in crappie managers.
 

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Because you can buy players but you can’t buy a team.
What the hell are you talking about? They did exactly that in 2009, and man city and Chelsea have absolutely bought teams in very short amounts of time. It's because ronaldo's career by the time they bought Beckham was plagued with injuries so he wasn't anything like as good as his reputation any more, Figo, guti, Beckham, Zidane is one of the most unbalanced midfield I've ever seen and barcelona were a very strong side in 2004-2006 with Ronaldinho at his peak
 

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The pairing of Pavon and Helguera makes the Lindelof-Maguire partnership look like a worldbeater.

The Galactico was all about image and a commercial stunt. It was basically a football boy band.

Edit: Strelok beats me
 
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