Sergio Ramos dismisses speculation linking Jose Mourinho with Real Madrid return and urges club to keep faith with Zinedine Zidane
- Sergio Ramos says he’s unsurprised Jose Mourinho has been linked with a return
- Mourinho recently revealed he had a difficult relationship with Ramos at Madrid
- Ramos has urged Madrid and their fans to keep faith with Zinedine Zidane
Sergio Ramos has dismissed speculation linking Jose Mourinho with a return to Real Madrid and urged the club to keep faith with Zinedine Zidane.
Zidane is already under pressure at Madrid after an inconsistent start to the season, just six months after taking charge of the club for a second time.
Madrid are second in La Liga, level on points with leaders Sevilla, but were thrashed 3-0 by Paris Saint-Germain in their opening Champions League game.
Sergio Ramos has dismissed speculation linking Jose Mourinho with a return to Real Madrid
Ramos has urged the club and their supporters to keep faith with Zinedine Zidane
Madrid beat Sevilla on Sunday but have endured an inconsistent start to the new season
That result sparked rumours that Zidane could be sacked just weeks into the new season, with Mourinho strongly linked with a return to the Bernabeu.
Mourinho is out of work after being sacked by Manchester United in December last year, but Ramos, who had a fractious relationship with the Portuguese during his time in charge at the Bernabeu, was quick to dismiss the rumours.
‘It doesn’t annoy me that his name is linked, that’s how it is,’ said Ramos after Sunday’s 1-0 win over Sevilla.
Zidane has come under pressure following Madrid’s 3-0 Champions League defeat to PSG
‘I don’t have to say if it annoys me or not, that’s the situation. Here, you lose a game and you have to change something. It’s difficult but that’s the reality.’
Ramos, who has spent the last 14 years at Madrid, says he has become accustomed to knee-jerk reactions to adverse results at the club and doesn’t believe replacing Zidane would guarantee a change in the club’s fortunes.
‘Everything that surrounds Real fills the newspaper covers and programmes and creates further speculation,’ he continued.
‘In my opinion, talking about another coach is showing disrespect to our trainer. In this respect, we have shown that despite recent results we are with Zizou.
‘Now you must remain calm. We repeat that we want to maintain good work dynamics and doubt in Real Madrid at this stage of the season would be crazy. Therefore, calmness and faith in this team and this trainer.’
