Real Madrid Sack Santiago Solari, Reappoint Zinedine Zidane

Real Madrid have sacked Santiago Solari and rehired Zinedine Zidane as the manager after a decision was reached by the club's board of directors on Monday afternoon. 

During the period the Frenchman left the club, it has not been the same with the club he won three Champions League titles in a row with.

It became glaring to Solari that his exit is eminent when Real lost 1-4 at home to Ajax and were eliminated on 5-3 goal aggregate in the Champions League Last 16 on Tuesday. 

The situation is compounded under Solari as their chances of contesting for La Liga is infeasible with 12 points behind table leaders Barcelona and have also been knocked out of Copa del Rey. 

It is understood that the Frenchman has signed to three years contract that last until 2020. Meanwhile, Solari will not be leaving immediate but would be allowed to function in certain capacity with the club, according to Real President Florentino Perez. 

"Loolk, we'll change things," says Zidane when responding to question on his return to Bernabue "We have to change things for next year but now it's not about that. What mattets is that I am back and we have tume to talk about what we have to do...There are 11 games left and what we want is to finish well."