Six Real Madrid greats that left in acrimony under Florentino Perez

During his two spells as Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez hasn’t been afraid to display his ruthless streak. 

Madrid have had an incredibly high turnover of managers in recent years and Perez has also discarded some of their big-name players.

We’ve taken a look at six players that have left Madrid through the back door during Perez’s reign.

Ramos enjoyed an incredible career at Madrid, winning five La Liga titles, four Champions Leagues and two Copas del Rey across 16 seasons.

But the centre-back always had a love-hate relationship with Perez, which reached an all-time low during the 2020-21 season.

Despite agreeing to pay David Alaba a reported £400,000-per-week, Perez reportedly wanted the Madrid captain to sign a new contract on reduced wages.

“We’re in a very tough situation where no one has the money anymore,” Perez told Marca in May 2021. “We’ve got to be realistic. I’ve never said that he won’t stay. At the moment we’re completing this season and after that we can see about next year.”

We didn’t see about next year – Ramos went off to join Paris Saint-Germain.

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Madrid’s all-time top goalscorer, Ronaldo netted an incredible 450 goals in 438 appearances during his nine years at the Bernabeu.

The Portugal international reportedly felt undervalued by the club in 2017-18 and wanted parity with Lionel Messi in terms of wages.

Despite promising to give the forward a pay rise, Perez failed to keep his word and Ronaldo completed a £100million move to Juventus.

“I felt it inside the club, especially from the president, that they no longer considered me the same way that they did in the