Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff has slammed Real Madrid for hiring Zinedine Zidane to coach the Castilla without the necessary qualifications.

Zidane was suspended at the start of the season over the cock-up.

Cruyff told El Eganche: "Why didn't they say anything? It's a lack of dexterity on their part. After all the years Zidane played and having been Ancelotti's assistant, who has anything to teach him?

"He has to be registered [with Uefa]. I don't understand why it all came out two months after the event. That's what annoys me. Madrid have made a mess of the whole thing because whoever is in the office should have told them with a phone call."