Major reason why Benitez was sacked

Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon claims that the timing of Pafa Benitez sacking was in order to reduce the amount of compensation paid to the Spaniard.

Benitez was sacked just seven months into his three-year contract, with Zinedine Zidane appointed as his successor on Monday evening.

“They sacked Benitez now because before January 15, they have to pay only one year's salary. After that, they have to pay two. That is the truth,”- Calderon

“They have done it now because of only that. Only one month before the chairman [Florentino Perez] said Benitez was the solution and not the problem.”