Mario Melchiot

And it's also down to timing, because you don't know how long Slot has got the job and the timing, how long Alonso is going to wait for a new one.

So we don't know that yet.

So no, nothing yet.

No, you know, look, we knew that he was already, the way he got the job, I think the way he got the job, he was already from the get-go, it was difficult for him.

He didn't want to go to the Summer World Cup, for example.

And there was already difficulty.

He said no, and then Paris came out.

He said, no, we are going.

So there was already like a kind of dink.

And then we talked about it, like you guys highlighted what happened in October.

When you lose against your rivals, it's going to be shaky.

Then it started to shake, and then the players started to turn against him.

I think that all didn't help him.

And then this game, of course, you play the final, Barcelona turns up, and you play the game like you're sitting back and waiting.

They were just playing the reaction game.

That's not Real Madrid.

So for them then to make that choice,

For me, it was like, yeah, I'm sorry for you, but nothing's going to happen.

The time that he needed, they were never going to give him that time.

Yeah, but Craig, don't you think some coaches are a little bit worried that the timing will be off if they wait too long?