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Rio Ave fullback Fabio Coentrao hints at bitter Real Madrid split

Rio Ave fullback Fabio Coentrao has hinted at a bitter split from Real Madrid last summer.

The former Portugal international's final years at Real saw him frozen out and spend time away on-loan.

Coentrao told A Bola: "I went through many things at the beginning of the season.

"If I could explain everything that happened on August 31 you would know what I went through, I would like to talk about it...

"But unfortunately I cannot."

He added: "I had a beautiful career full of titles and I played in the best teams in the world, fortunately I returned home. I do not even think about where I could be, now I'm here and I just want to help the club stay in first place."

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