Spanish football club, Real Madrid has revealed plans to sack Coach of the under-17 side, Adria Diaz.
Adria Diaz, an assistant coach for Madrid’s ‘Juvenil C’ side, is in line to be released from his role after writing a thank-you note to Barcelona, according to The Athletic. In the letter, Diaz dubbed Barca “the club of my dreams.”
The coach worked for Barcelona from 2015-2019 in a variety of youth roles. Madrid sources told The Athletic that Diaz is not being fired, and has instead opted to leave voluntarily for an opportunity at second-tier Leganes. Madrid will pay the entirety of his salary, after he penned a one-year contract in July.
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Madrid are yet to comment on the issue. Their senior side play against Osasuna on Saturday, where they will hope to pick up three valuable points in La Liga.
However, a senior sportsman of the Real Madrid academy has declared these rumours as false. He denied the allegations that Diaz would be dismissed. Instead they wanted Diaz to leave to find a job in Leganes’ youth academy. However, another source close to the situation disputed this theory, claiming that the possibility of Diaz joining Leganes was discussed by Madrid for the sole purpose of Diaz joining Leganes. Real Madrid declined to comment further when contacted by The Athletic.
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Diaz joined Real Madrid in July, but is set to leave just over three months later, with Real Madrid paying out his full salary in the process. The club’s public version is that Diaz has decided to leave of his own volition to join Leganes’ analysis team, yet internal sources ‘strongly deny’ this, alleging that the letter is in fact responsible