Carlo Ancelotti knows no pardon, and the players the Italian coach has judged already know they have only one way out: the exit door. There are several cases of this at Real Madrid, and last year it was already proven with Isco Alarcon, Luka Jovic or Gareth Bale. This story has now been repeated, and he has already spoken to the president to inform him of his blacklist, which includes the names of Alvaro Odriozola and Jesus Vallejo
But, in particular, he focused on another footballer who he believes is the most harmful in the team, and who contributes nothing. This is Mariano Diaz, who this campaign has continued to play a residual role, despite Karim Benzema’s constant injuries. Even this way he could not get any chance to play, and had to be content to watch almost all the matches from the bench, playing only 25 minutes spread over five matches
However, nothing worked. Last summer, they hoped that the day would come when he would lose sight of their 24, and bring in a new ram to replace him, but they faced the same fate. The former Olympique Lyonnais, Badalona and Espanyol did not want to leave, and frustrated the addition of another striker, which, as it was proven, was necessary. Fortunately, his contract in Madrid expires in June, and his farewell is approaching
However, Ancelotti is not willing to wait that long, asking Florentino Perez to dump Mariano in January
Madrid will not ask anything of Mariano
To facilitate the task of finding a suitor who wants to welcome Diaz into their ranks, Madrid decides to let him leave for free. They won’t ask for anything at all in return, and they want to save up the salary they still have to pay him until the end of the season
Mariano will leave Real Madrid through the back door, and is considered toxic for prioritizing the money he earned there, before the minutes he earned in other teams, and for being responsible for his inability to sign other footballers
