Michael Laudrup says a breakdown with the club's vice-president convinced him to quit Mallorca.
Dane explains why he left Son Moix hot-seat
Michael Laudrup told Revista he resigned as Mallorca boss because he did not see eye-to-eye with the club's vice president Lorenzo Serra Ferrer.
The Dane - who took over at Son Moix in July 2010 - quit his post last week, just five games into the La Liga season.
Laudrup kept the islanders in the Spanish top flight last term, despite working on a shoestring budget, and revealed that he had a terrific rapport with his players.
But the 47-year-old says that the lack of consultation over transfers and the growing influence of Serra Ferrer persuaded him to vacate the Mallorca hot-seat.
"The chemistry wasn't okay (with Serra Ferrer) and of the two of us it had to be me to take the decision to leave," explained Laudrup.
"In England, the manager is responsible for signing and selling the players. Here it is different, but normally the coach knows something about the signings and the players who are leaving.
"In a lot of the cases here, I didn't know who was coming and who was leaving. In the end it was too much.
"Normally when you change a coach it's because the results aren't good but this was not the case. I had a really good relationship with the players but I had to take a decision and I took it last week.
"The team needs a little quietness so they can concentrate on playing. That was not possible, but I hope things will be better now."
Fast and quiet
Laudrup - who has also enjoyed spells in charge of Getafe, Spartak Moscow and Danish club Brondby - says he relished the challenge of working with no money at Mallorca and helping the team to compete with La Liga's heavyweights.
And he reckons he could have achieved better than last year's 17th place if the club's board had been more proactive.
"You have the two big clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona, but you still have teams like Valencia, Villarreal, Sevilla, and Atletico Madrid and now Malaga with their new owner," added Laudrup, who earned 104 international caps for Denmark.
"But if you work well you can do good things with a low budget or no money at all - but you have to work fast and keep quiet."
"If you don't have money and the other clubs do, they will sign him (the player you want). Here on the island, we were not fast and not quiet."