Former coach Fabio Capello has lashed out at Real Madrid's directors claiming they promised that both he and assistant director Franco Baldini would be staying at the club this season.

Capello was sacked just two weeks after steering the club to their first Liga title in four years also said he felt let down by the club and, in particular, president Ramon Calderon and sporting director Predrag Mijatovic.

"Mijatovic lied to me and Franco Baldini, who had a very important offer from another team," Capello told Spanish sports daily Marca. "He said: 'you will stay here, we will all be staying here'.

"I never heard anything from [Calderon]. He has never called me I think I deserved some respect from someone who came to get me from Italy, someone I helped to win the elections and succeed as president.

Capello revealed that he was aware of the club's efforts to secure successor Bernd Schuster but believed that winning the title would keep him his job.

"What hurt me the most was that they appointed me to do a serious, tough and difficult job and we had a very difficult dressing room to deal with," he continued.

"There were many conflicting groups and each one had its leader who blamed the others when things weren't going well.

"But we pulled together, recovered the team spirit and they played with great enthusiasm and belief."

The decision to drop David Beckham from the first team, after he announced he would be joining LA Galaxy, was also the work of the directors Capello said.

"The decision was taken because club management said that he had negotiated with them having already agreed a contract with Los Angeles," he added.

"They said that they couldn't count on a player that wasn't going to remain at the club. When I work I always wear the club shirt and defend the club in every way I can."