Schuster informed Real Madrid players of exit via SMS

Real Madrid players discovered Bernd Schuster had been dismissed yesterday via text message, it has been revealed.

Marca says Schuster informed his players that he was leaving through a group SMS and did not speak with his squad face-to-face.

However, he did visit knee injury victim Mahamadou Diarra in hospital in the afternoon. Diarra is one the players who was closest to Schuster.