Pepe leaves Madrid with barb for Zidane
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Pepe could not reach an agreement with Madrid as he wanted a two-year contract while Los Blancos only offered him one. |
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane may be enjoying the acclaim that comes with leading his club to their first domestic and European double in 50 years, but there is one player who is not shouting Zidane's praises.
Central defender Pepe leaves Madrid this summer after failing to sign a new contract at the Santiago Bernabeu and will join either Paris Saint Germain or Inter Milan.
Pepe spent 10 years with Real Madrid after joining from Porto, but says he left the club without exchanging a word with his coach.
"I did not say goodbye to Zidane because he and Real Madrid knew I was going before I knew myself," he said in an interview on radio station Cadena Cope on Tuesday night.
"What Zidane has done with Real Madrid is spectacular, but there are things I do not understand, such as why I disappeared from the team," continued the 34-year-old, who struggled with injury in the second half of the campaign and was replaced by Rafael Varene in the starting 11.
Pepe also said that one of the reasons he was ending his spell with Madrid was that the club did not offer him a two year contract renewal.
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