He has divided opinion at the Santiago Bernabeu after being unable to follow up last season's title, or deliver Real's long-awaited 10th European title -- and the Copa del Rey final defeat against Atletico Madrid was thelaststraw as he agreed to leave by mutual consent.
Having been dumped out of the FA Cup by Blue Square Bet Premier side Darlington last month, the defeat by Exeter in Tuesday night's southern area semi-final was thefinalstraw for the Rovers board.