But Ancelotti has now claimed Bale’s selfishness on the pitch cost him his job in charge of Madrid.
Ancelotti was at Madrid between 2013-2015, winning the Champions League in 2014, but he was still given the bullet and replaced by Rafa Benitez.
“If there is something that drives me crazy, it is selfishness. When a player has to pass the ball and does not pass it,” Ancelotti told Il Napolista .
“I paid for that in the first person. At Madrid, I took off Bale in a game against Valencia. He had to pass the ball to [Karim] Benzema, who would have scored into an empty goal, but instead of that, he shot [and missed].
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