Former Real Madrid GM Arrigo Sacchi admits he had problems with the Galacticos era.
The Italian concedes the team building ran against his approach to the game.
He recalled to La Gazzetta dello Sport: “I have always thought that teams are not made with trading cards. I was at Real Madrid as sports director in 2004-05 and they asked me to be a coach.
"Do you know what the attack was? I'll tell you: Beckham, Raúl, Ronaldo, Zidane and Figo. On the bench, the first two substitutes were Morientes and Owen. It wasn't a team, it was a movie. But the plot was missing."
He acknowledges that before such an offer and seeing the lack of balance in the squad, he had to refuse to accept the position of coach from the president, Florentino Pérez.
“So I thanked the president, but I refused. To protect the defence we would have needed two centre backs with bulletproof vests. Teams always need balance," he added.
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