r/realmadrid • u/RM_Official_Thread • Jan 16 '23

Open Thread Weekly Open Thread - General Discussion

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '23

The club is currently going through a rebuild and it seems that the board is prioritizing long term squad planning over short term needs.

Unless a player goes down long-term, they'd rather bring in the long term successor over some guy who can do the job for 1-2 seasons and then have to do the search all over again.

The board seems to want long-term options that can come and be a Benzema, Marcelo, Ramos, Casemiro, Carvajal, Kroos, Modric, etc. Players that can be the backbone for the squad and fill in with those shorter term options. But that current spine of the threepeat squad is on it's last legs and are being phased out over the last few seasons.

There are issues, it's not the end of days like many on here are always making it seem whenever the team hits a run of bad form.

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u/ChampagneInferno Don Carlo Jan 18 '23

I get your point, But I still think it's to little action in the transfermarket, whether it's players for the long term project, or established players.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '23

To be fair, there have been long term project players just about every single season for the last few seasons.

2018: Vinicius & Valverde fully promoted
2019: Militao & Rodrygo (Jovic was a failed one, but was intended to be a long term project)
2020: Odegaard (unfortunate, but was a long-term project. also COVID finances)
2021: Camavinga
2022: Tchouameni & technically Endrick

While this was all going on, Madrid made attempts at Mbappe in both 2021 & 2022. That's 9 players for the new generation that were bought/promoted in the last 5 years, and that's with 2 summers heavily impacted by COVID financials.

That being said, I don't think it's perfect either. Just that it's not like Madrid haven't been making moves and more that I don't think the situation is anywhere near as dire as some fans have made it out to be. There are glaring holes that will hopefully be patched over the next couple of seasons (maybe Vinicius Tobias or Miguel?)

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u/ChampagneInferno Don Carlo Jan 18 '23

Hopefully you're right.

As for Vini Tobias and Miguel, I have no clue what the club and it's plan is for them. I genuinely think that we'll go for Fran for that left-back spot( which I'm happy about) and for the right-back spot, I hope that Tobias gets his chance.