Jupp Heynckes told Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz that he could no longer work with the "sons of b*tches" in the team just a week before they won the Champions League final in 1998.
Heynckes was placed in charge of a team consisting of Raul, Fernando Morientes, Roberto Carlos and Clarence Seedorf among others, but spent just one season in charge of the Spanish giants.
While Los Blancos made it to final of the continent's most prestigious club competition, they drastically underperformed domestically by finishing fourth in La Liga and crashing out of the Copa del Rey early on.