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Last updated: 7th November 2007
Schuster: at centre of storm
We're left with the question as to whether Bernd Schuster can manage these sorts of situations and the answer at the moment is that he can't. So Real madrid might have to look for someone else.
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Guillem Balague thinks the latest controversy around Bernd Schuster could open the door for Jose Mourinho to become Real Madrid manager.
Schuster is at the centre of a storm in Spain after apparently making offensive comments about the referee following his side's defeat to Sevilla at the weekend and Guillem feels Real's board may move for another manager.
Explaining the controversy on Revista De La Liga, Guillem said: "There was a press conference after the Sevilla game and a journalist asked: 'What do you think the defeat was down to?'
"Schuster answers: 'Where is the referee from?'
"The journalist replied: 'Catalan' and Schuster held his hands up and said: 'There is nothing else to say'.
"That has created so much havoc because it has embarrassed the club and the Catalan association of referees have complained. The national government's anti-violence committee might even punish him.
"Then in the press conference before their latest Champions League game he said journalists could not get a single word he'd said against the referee.
Implication
"Which is literally is right, as he didn't say the referee was a bad person, but he clearly implied it.
"What we've got here is a coach that doesn't like dealing with the press and has been seen before press conferences having anxiety attacks in the locker room.
"The club are embarrassed, the press are at war with him because he gives them nothing and it's leaving the whole club in a bad light.
"And it was not long ago that Schuster admitted in a German television interview that he didn't like dealing with this and he might not be around for long."
And Guillem suggested former Chelsea boss Mourinho was waiting for the call if Schuster and Real decided to part ways.
"There were conversations in the summer and the board mentioned Jose Mourinho's name before deciding he wasn't the man they wanted," Guillem added.
"But he now believes he has a chance and is waiting for a club like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus or something like that.
"Bernd Schuster was the choice of Roman Calderon during the elections, so if Schuster fails then it's Calderon's failure.
"But we're left with the question as to whether Bernd Schuster can manage these sorts of situations and the answer at the moment is that he can't. So the club might have to look for someone else."
