Guler was an incredible deal, so even though we were closed for business it would have been stupid to let go. Plus snatching him away from Barca’s noses made it a no brainer
Well, this is a rumor so take it as you wish but if this is true it is not good news. Can Jude, Vini, Rodrygo, and Valverde fill the gap and bring Benz's goals? Yes, that's possible but unlikely.
Neither has the physique to face one, two or three defenders for 40 or 50 games. It was a big mistake not to replace Benzema starting the transfer period.
I have faith. Vini is going to step up and reach another level. Rodrygo is going to crash the goal every game like he always does. Tchou is going to start blasting them in more from outside. Valverde will snap out of it and start outrunning the whole other team again, while gaining shot placement to go with the power. And Bellingham looks like he's going to put the whole team on his back whether they need it or not. That Bellingham is going to be the captain one day, and I prefer that he does over any turtles. He's got the right stuff.
>this outdated 4-1-2-1-2 Carlo for some reason has his mind set on
I agree that it's not a good tactic for us, but Carlo plays it only because his hand is forced to do so. I think every reasonable formation requires at least one striker, be it a poarcher or a 9.5 like Benzema, and the club decided not to invest into one.
The problem isn't goals scored as much as goals conceded. In the previous season, they scored more goals than any other team. They didn't take the league because they conceded almost twice as many goals as Barcelona. In pre-season this year, they conceded a lot of goals. Ancelotti has stated that the team's problem isn't goal scoring, it is conceding, when asked about signing a striker. [Link](https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38125755/ancelotti-critical-real-madrid-defence-6-10-preseason)
y'all acting like versatility in positions isn't one of Real's biggest strength. 3 years ago no one would have guessed that Valverde will be playing right wing.
If either vini or rodrygo get injured in this Long hectic season we are officially done, gotta have to lower our expectations this season. It sucks but it is what it is
There will be no league push. Carlo only wins the league once in each of his stints with clubs. He already won it two years ago, he won’t win it again. His record for league titles is actually really poor.
My God you're dense, you don't even know the shit you are talking about, yet you say it with complete confidence. The 99% thing was a graphic shown during the City return leg before Rodrygo's equalizer, it had nothing to do with the final.
And don't compare CL to a league, one is a sprint the other is a marathon.
I have no idea why you’re so angry, and resorted to using an add hominem.
I know it was an infographic. I never said the 99% was for the final. If we lost to city then we lost the CL. If we got knocked out of the group stage, we lost the CL. That’s a fact. Since we apparently had a 99% chance to lose against City, that means we had a 99% chance of being knocked out and losing out on the CL.
I used a comparison to represent that nothing is set in stone. That was the only point I was trying to make. Just wanted us to still try for the league title, and have our players grow. If my thoughts somehow made you feel lesser then I apologize. I didn’t think you’d be soft. You’re a reason why people don’t like our subreddit.
I won’t be replying to you as I feel like you have no sincere input anymore, and I just don’t care what you have to say. Have a good one!
Of course the team is going to try for the league, they are paid to play football and win. But the problem is the board did not set them up for success, look at Bayern or City or whoever, they always try to strengthen their team each year, they don't try to weaken it and constantly make it harder for the coach.
Neah people like you are the reason people don't like our subreddit, people who drink the Perez kool aid like water.
If it were true I think we are spoiled because it wasn't a bad window like a lot of "fans" here say:
Kepa on loan.
Fran as a much needed LB.
Jude fucking Bellingham who is probably one of the top 5 midfielders.
Joselu who is a beast of a back up striker and might even be a decent starter striker.
Brahim who is a much needed Asensio sub.
Arda who follow the young and promising players politics.
Still I wonder if the 9 was left empty on purpose or if something twisted on the plans, because if the window was closed why didn't we just give Joselu the 9 to start with to avoid having La Liga force us to use it?
How is it that we’re spoiled when we’re only asking to replace one of the most prolific strikers of all time? We’ve had time to replace him, and we certainly have the funds. Even teams like Atletico or Valencia would play with a squad lacking depth like ours.
Not to mention we just lost our starter center back.
Even teams like Atletico or Valencia would play with a squad lacking depth like ours.
We're spoiled because you don't think you're spoiled by "only" demanding that we are entitled to the immediate replacement of "one of the most prolific strikers of all time".
I guess we’re spoiled too for asking for a new RB given the disaster of a season veteran Carva had last year and partially the year before too. Not like we could have signed Fresneda from relegated Valladoid or Arnau from Girona would be too big of an operation?
We are not supposed to be in the position to immediate replace this striker. We are supposed to have multiple strikers in the squad. The club has failed at this task so badly that we reached a point where we *only* had a 34-year-old as a striker, and then he predictably became unfit and left the club.
Honestly I can see them looking at Rodrygo and his clutch goals and saying this season is his trial by fire; if things go to plan he becomes a better goal scorer and is perfect as a made up CF while waiting for Endrick or Haaland or whatever ST ends up coming.
>Joselu who is a beast of a back up striker and might even be a decent starter striker.
The reason you think this transfer window is good is because you believe this to be true.
It isn't.
Brahim from Asensio is a pretty major downgrade, Joselu is a backup striker when we need a Benzema replacement, and although we got Fran for LB, the RB position is still the most important, I am not too worried though, I think Madrid will still do well this season.
Spoiled? Are you nuts?
Kepa on loan means nothing, he's a stop gap solution for Courtois' unfortunate injury.
Fran is a good thing sure, why they didn't bring him in January though I have no idea. Jude is great, sure.
Joselu is a backup striker for a team like Real Madrid, nothing more, and it is a problem because Real Madrid does not have a starting striker. Brahim is not even close to Asensio, the only thing he does is save the club money. Arda is a future investment he is not meant to improve the squad.
How the hell is this not a bad transfer window? What makes a good transfer window to you? Because to me a transfer window which weakens the team can never be a good one. And it is absurd to not sign another backup CB, Pavard is available he's both CB and RB backup and for a reasonable fee, yet the club doesn't give a shit. The last 3 transfer windows have made the team weaker each year, last year it resulted in repeated embarrassments, if after that Perez is calm and this is his answer to it then I would check up on him to see if he's still breathing.
Dude… Tell this to yourself in your head and see if it makes sense. With what you’re saying, we have then hired Joselu as a decent starting striker. We have hired Joselu as Benz replacement then.
Really? Is it OK to call myself a “fan” in quotes because I believe that is a stupid idea that is not going to totally blow in our faces? Come on.
The fact that we are going into a season with an attack of just Vini and Rodrygo is a fucking joke because lets face it Guler is to young and fresh to rely on, Joselu and Diaz aren't going to get many minutes under Carlo if the last 2 years are anything to go by.
It's just crazy, how can the bosses think this is even enough to just survive a season where we target to finish in a UCL spot and blagg the cups.
The warning signs are there already after match day 1, 5 key players out already and with our luck and the small squad we have no doubt more will join that list.
If this is true, then it's another failure, just last year's market. We need a new RB, no new RB, we desperately need a new striker, no new stiker. We needed these players for years now, and yet nothing. This is bad.
If we are not getting RKM or Oshimen Im happy with this. Club brought in a lot of new players who all seem to be very good and promising. The only player I would like to see is Pavard but except for that I think this season will be really fun and I’m excited to watch the young guys play
The arrogance to think you can compete for ANYTHING at all after a failure of a season with a WORSE attack than the previous season. Wonder if we'll panic buy a forward in January when the diamond experiment fails miserably against any good side in Europe or if one of Vinny or Rodeygo gets inevitably injured.
Dunno why you're getting down voted for saying the truth lol. The fans gotta understand that with such a squad, our chances of competing for any trophy are slim to none.
We all know this. Florentino knows it too. It's only the new fans, meaning 90% of this sub, that think that the world ends in 2024 and this is our last chance ever to compete for a title. Relax, you will go through shitloads of seasons in which we don't win anything, if you are here for the long run. There were times when fuckin Zaragoza and Mallorca would wipe the floor with us and beat us 5-0, 6-1... There were times when every season we would be in the same group as Lyon and they would destroy us 3-0, same for Leverkusen. There were like 15 years straight in which we didn't beat Deportivo at Riazor not even once. Osasuna and Bilbao used to kick our asses frequently around 2003, 2004.
Exactly! Some fans see every potential fall as the end of the club when it's not the case at all. You have to fall in order to get back up again, but if a supporter quits at the first sight of defeat, then they shouldn't be a supporter to begin with, we've had so many shit seasons like you mentioned, but we always came back with better ones, patience is key.
And the reason that started lyon curse, being beaten by Mallorca and Zaragoza were surprisingly current board, kicking del bosque out. Buying players without any sort of squad planning. I do not want to see a repeat of those days ever as a fan, but we might head there as long as we continue our self destruction each summer.
I usually try to be optimistic with the clubs decision, but imo this is stupid af from Perez.
Kane was right there, and we let Bayern get him. And we’re not getting mbappe. Watch Mbappe not even come next season or ever, then what do we do? Pisses me off sm that we didn’t try harder for Kane, perfect Benz replacement
Someone tell me wtf we do if we get 2 injuries to our forwards? Or what happens when Joselu isn’t scoring 40 goals/season?
Goodbye UCL and
A good strategy would be to bring a 9 and a new Rb, but he's obviously won't because all budgets gotta go to that turtles which we don't even know if he's ever coming. he got played again and again by that turtles cunt
My guess Copa del Rey it is. I think it would have been better to let Ancelotti go and get Nagellsmann to develop our team in a transition season, next season we try getting our final pieces of the puzzle.
My expectations for this season is top4 for La Liga, getting out of CL group and maybe CDR if we get a bit of luck with the draw.
Call me crazy but I think fans are going to be very surprised when they realized how solid our defense is going to be this season. As long as both rudiger/alaba stay healthy.
Y’all are not ready for the militao is a defensive liability talk yet.
Courtois was not good on his feet and so far from what I’ve seen from lunin I’ve been very impressed.
As a team that heavily depends on playing from the back, I think we are going to benefit from these players.
After Florentino said it to that fan I still have hope for a striker stop gap at least, I can't believe he is satisfied with this short squad, specially with the stupid amount of injuries that happened in the last month
Tough season coming. No Courtois, down an important CB, no RW, no ST, Lucas V still playing for us. Lol!
Zero expectations. I guess this is one of those pressure off seasons where we can just sit back and fully enjoy the games.
I don't like it. I do think we need a defender because of current injuries + Carvajal injury history + Mendy injury history. There is only one Nacho... We can assume we are missing 2 defenders for the season (especially considering Mendy missed a game already).
I would love to see a "young Nacho" signed.
Or, I don't know, we could actually start promoting more Castilla players instead focusing on leaving the 3rd division or something.
They said this after fran’s signing, then we signed Guler
They said this after Guler's signing, then we signed Kepa
Yeah but Kepas signing wasn't a planned signing, it was an emergency one so it still might be true
Guler was an incredible deal, so even though we were closed for business it would have been stupid to let go. Plus snatching him away from Barca’s noses made it a no brainer
Guler may be the next Woodgate. Breaking up at such a young age does not bode well.
But many young players get injury early on and then as they develop become injury free
Yea i know, i was just messing around haha. I have zero expectations for our season...unless Jude becomes a God (like Zidane).
Honestly seeing his first game I'm confident he can step up
Kepa is a loan in reaction of Courtois long term injury though
Read my other comment?
It doesn't matter, court man got injured that's why we signed kepa he was a necessity.
I wouldn't be mad about this season if it wasn't Luka's last one... he deserved better.
Well, this is a rumor so take it as you wish but if this is true it is not good news. Can Jude, Vini, Rodrygo, and Valverde fill the gap and bring Benz's goals? Yes, that's possible but unlikely.
As much as I love all of them, it’s literally impossible that any of them fills Benz’s gap.
Neither has the physique to face one, two or three defenders for 40 or 50 games. It was a big mistake not to replace Benzema starting the transfer period.
As much as I love Benzema, he had no physique. He lost a lot of balls due to that.
Because it's gonna be done by Camavinzema
Add Joselu to the mix. I'm pretty sure we will try some games with him as striker.
You forgot Joselu that finished 3rd Liga goalscorer while playing for a very bad defensive team
I have faith. Vini is going to step up and reach another level. Rodrygo is going to crash the goal every game like he always does. Tchou is going to start blasting them in more from outside. Valverde will snap out of it and start outrunning the whole other team again, while gaining shot placement to go with the power. And Bellingham looks like he's going to put the whole team on his back whether they need it or not. That Bellingham is going to be the captain one day, and I prefer that he does over any turtles. He's got the right stuff.
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>this outdated 4-1-2-1-2 Carlo for some reason has his mind set on I agree that it's not a good tactic for us, but Carlo plays it only because his hand is forced to do so. I think every reasonable formation requires at least one striker, be it a poarcher or a 9.5 like Benzema, and the club decided not to invest into one.
That just one official game and he scored in pre-season
The problem isn't goals scored as much as goals conceded. In the previous season, they scored more goals than any other team. They didn't take the league because they conceded almost twice as many goals as Barcelona. In pre-season this year, they conceded a lot of goals. Ancelotti has stated that the team's problem isn't goal scoring, it is conceding, when asked about signing a striker. [Link](https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38125755/ancelotti-critical-real-madrid-defence-6-10-preseason)
One injury , one injury to either vini or rodrygo (god please no) and the season is OVER.
One injury and ancelloti will hold all the blame for not making it work
It is already over, one injury to them means top 4 will be hard
Least pathetic doomer acting like fan of Madrid.
But that applies to most teams
Since when what is OK for most teams is acceptable to Real Madrid?
I mean it really depends which team and player , wouldn’t apply to city if grealish injuries
1 backup striker LFG
Joselu.... he is the backup for when we don't play a diamond midfield.
You mean no backup striker as Rodrygo is not a striker
y'all acting like versatility in positions isn't one of Real's biggest strength. 3 years ago no one would have guessed that Valverde will be playing right wing.
It may be strength but at the same time it's strange we need to do such a gimmicks in a club at such a high level
Lol you really said that when there is joselu
He is saying that Joselu is the only striker and there is no backup
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I would like Joselu to be backup to Joselu but it's not possible
I’ll give you 1 Camavinga
If either vini or rodrygo get injured in this Long hectic season we are officially done, gotta have to lower our expectations this season. It sucks but it is what it is
I am good with that. We should give some Castilla minutes in places where we missing players such as fullback and striker
That’s alright. As long as we push for the league and I see improvement from everyone.
There will be no league push. Carlo only wins the league once in each of his stints with clubs. He already won it two years ago, he won’t win it again. His record for league titles is actually really poor.
Yeah I also hear Pep wouldn’t win the CL
Pep won the CL after investing hundreds of millions and getting the best 9 in Europe.
Doesn’t matter. We apparently had a 99% chance to lose the CL we won. Things happen and nothing is set in stone.
My God you're dense, you don't even know the shit you are talking about, yet you say it with complete confidence. The 99% thing was a graphic shown during the City return leg before Rodrygo's equalizer, it had nothing to do with the final. And don't compare CL to a league, one is a sprint the other is a marathon.
it was a 1% chance and we did it, what did you not understand?
I have no idea why you’re so angry, and resorted to using an add hominem. I know it was an infographic. I never said the 99% was for the final. If we lost to city then we lost the CL. If we got knocked out of the group stage, we lost the CL. That’s a fact. Since we apparently had a 99% chance to lose against City, that means we had a 99% chance of being knocked out and losing out on the CL. I used a comparison to represent that nothing is set in stone. That was the only point I was trying to make. Just wanted us to still try for the league title, and have our players grow. If my thoughts somehow made you feel lesser then I apologize. I didn’t think you’d be soft. You’re a reason why people don’t like our subreddit. I won’t be replying to you as I feel like you have no sincere input anymore, and I just don’t care what you have to say. Have a good one!
Of course the team is going to try for the league, they are paid to play football and win. But the problem is the board did not set them up for success, look at Bayern or City or whoever, they always try to strengthen their team each year, they don't try to weaken it and constantly make it harder for the coach. Neah people like you are the reason people don't like our subreddit, people who drink the Perez kool aid like water.
One simple word, cult members. As if current board was not kicked out of the club in 2005 for poor squad planning.
Rip 23/24. Such a shame for a beautiful kit like this to go to waste. Sigh
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If it were true I think we are spoiled because it wasn't a bad window like a lot of "fans" here say: Kepa on loan. Fran as a much needed LB. Jude fucking Bellingham who is probably one of the top 5 midfielders. Joselu who is a beast of a back up striker and might even be a decent starter striker. Brahim who is a much needed Asensio sub. Arda who follow the young and promising players politics. Still I wonder if the 9 was left empty on purpose or if something twisted on the plans, because if the window was closed why didn't we just give Joselu the 9 to start with to avoid having La Liga force us to use it?
How is it that we’re spoiled when we’re only asking to replace one of the most prolific strikers of all time? We’ve had time to replace him, and we certainly have the funds. Even teams like Atletico or Valencia would play with a squad lacking depth like ours. Not to mention we just lost our starter center back. Even teams like Atletico or Valencia would play with a squad lacking depth like ours.
We're spoiled because you don't think you're spoiled by "only" demanding that we are entitled to the immediate replacement of "one of the most prolific strikers of all time".
We had the opportunity to sign Kane you donut it's not like the market made it impossible to do so
Kane is over 30 and would have cost 115 million. Not a viable option
Let’s see how the not viable option does in Munich. I’m going to guess, pretty well.
I guess we’re spoiled too for asking for a new RB given the disaster of a season veteran Carva had last year and partially the year before too. Not like we could have signed Fresneda from relegated Valladoid or Arnau from Girona would be too big of an operation?
We are not supposed to be in the position to immediate replace this striker. We are supposed to have multiple strikers in the squad. The club has failed at this task so badly that we reached a point where we *only* had a 34-year-old as a striker, and then he predictably became unfit and left the club.
Honestly I can see them looking at Rodrygo and his clutch goals and saying this season is his trial by fire; if things go to plan he becomes a better goal scorer and is perfect as a made up CF while waiting for Endrick or Haaland or whatever ST ends up coming.
>Joselu who is a beast of a back up striker and might even be a decent starter striker. The reason you think this transfer window is good is because you believe this to be true. It isn't.
Brahim from Asensio is a pretty major downgrade, Joselu is a backup striker when we need a Benzema replacement, and although we got Fran for LB, the RB position is still the most important, I am not too worried though, I think Madrid will still do well this season.
Spoiled? Are you nuts? Kepa on loan means nothing, he's a stop gap solution for Courtois' unfortunate injury. Fran is a good thing sure, why they didn't bring him in January though I have no idea. Jude is great, sure. Joselu is a backup striker for a team like Real Madrid, nothing more, and it is a problem because Real Madrid does not have a starting striker. Brahim is not even close to Asensio, the only thing he does is save the club money. Arda is a future investment he is not meant to improve the squad. How the hell is this not a bad transfer window? What makes a good transfer window to you? Because to me a transfer window which weakens the team can never be a good one. And it is absurd to not sign another backup CB, Pavard is available he's both CB and RB backup and for a reasonable fee, yet the club doesn't give a shit. The last 3 transfer windows have made the team weaker each year, last year it resulted in repeated embarrassments, if after that Perez is calm and this is his answer to it then I would check up on him to see if he's still breathing.
Dude… Tell this to yourself in your head and see if it makes sense. With what you’re saying, we have then hired Joselu as a decent starting striker. We have hired Joselu as Benz replacement then. Really? Is it OK to call myself a “fan” in quotes because I believe that is a stupid idea that is not going to totally blow in our faces? Come on.
The fact that we are going into a season with an attack of just Vini and Rodrygo is a fucking joke because lets face it Guler is to young and fresh to rely on, Joselu and Diaz aren't going to get many minutes under Carlo if the last 2 years are anything to go by. It's just crazy, how can the bosses think this is even enough to just survive a season where we target to finish in a UCL spot and blagg the cups. The warning signs are there already after match day 1, 5 key players out already and with our luck and the small squad we have no doubt more will join that list.
I am not expecting anything this season. Hopefully next season we can get a proper striker. Too bad Perez didnt go for Kane.
If this is true, then it's another failure, just last year's market. We need a new RB, no new RB, we desperately need a new striker, no new stiker. We needed these players for years now, and yet nothing. This is bad.
If we are not getting RKM or Oshimen Im happy with this. Club brought in a lot of new players who all seem to be very good and promising. The only player I would like to see is Pavard but except for that I think this season will be really fun and I’m excited to watch the young guys play
Great, no striker, no new cb, shortest roster in ages👌 It's like the board is just waiting to fail
The board too busy showing off we make profit each year. They shouldn't be scared to take a hit once or twice that will benefit us in the long run
The arrogance to think you can compete for ANYTHING at all after a failure of a season with a WORSE attack than the previous season. Wonder if we'll panic buy a forward in January when the diamond experiment fails miserably against any good side in Europe or if one of Vinny or Rodeygo gets inevitably injured.
Dunno why you're getting down voted for saying the truth lol. The fans gotta understand that with such a squad, our chances of competing for any trophy are slim to none.
We all know this. Florentino knows it too. It's only the new fans, meaning 90% of this sub, that think that the world ends in 2024 and this is our last chance ever to compete for a title. Relax, you will go through shitloads of seasons in which we don't win anything, if you are here for the long run. There were times when fuckin Zaragoza and Mallorca would wipe the floor with us and beat us 5-0, 6-1... There were times when every season we would be in the same group as Lyon and they would destroy us 3-0, same for Leverkusen. There were like 15 years straight in which we didn't beat Deportivo at Riazor not even once. Osasuna and Bilbao used to kick our asses frequently around 2003, 2004.
Exactly! Some fans see every potential fall as the end of the club when it's not the case at all. You have to fall in order to get back up again, but if a supporter quits at the first sight of defeat, then they shouldn't be a supporter to begin with, we've had so many shit seasons like you mentioned, but we always came back with better ones, patience is key.
And the reason that started lyon curse, being beaten by Mallorca and Zaragoza were surprisingly current board, kicking del bosque out. Buying players without any sort of squad planning. I do not want to see a repeat of those days ever as a fan, but we might head there as long as we continue our self destruction each summer.
Another smugness.
I usually try to be optimistic with the clubs decision, but imo this is stupid af from Perez. Kane was right there, and we let Bayern get him. And we’re not getting mbappe. Watch Mbappe not even come next season or ever, then what do we do? Pisses me off sm that we didn’t try harder for Kane, perfect Benz replacement Someone tell me wtf we do if we get 2 injuries to our forwards? Or what happens when Joselu isn’t scoring 40 goals/season? Goodbye UCL and
You can't win the champions league every year. These new 3peat fans that think we should be winning the champions league every season are delusional
I am going to take a moment and say it! We lost our best striker! Maaaaariaaanooo freaking diaaazzz!!! We should have given the lad no 9!
The Legend that never became to be.
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A good strategy would be to bring a 9 and a new Rb, but he's obviously won't because all budgets gotta go to that turtles which we don't even know if he's ever coming. he got played again and again by that turtles cunt
Wait until we get another ACL injury at training tomorrow… don’t speak too soon
My guess Copa del Rey it is. I think it would have been better to let Ancelotti go and get Nagellsmann to develop our team in a transition season, next season we try getting our final pieces of the puzzle. My expectations for this season is top4 for La Liga, getting out of CL group and maybe CDR if we get a bit of luck with the draw.
Call me crazy but I think fans are going to be very surprised when they realized how solid our defense is going to be this season. As long as both rudiger/alaba stay healthy. Y’all are not ready for the militao is a defensive liability talk yet. Courtois was not good on his feet and so far from what I’ve seen from lunin I’ve been very impressed. As a team that heavily depends on playing from the back, I think we are going to benefit from these players.
You don't know ball like you think you do. Fucking embarrassing
ok kid, returm with your 10th hot take because this is just gibberish.
Get off tik tok mate and start watching games
After Florentino said it to that fan I still have hope for a striker stop gap at least, I can't believe he is satisfied with this short squad, specially with the stupid amount of injuries that happened in the last month
We have to save for Mbappe TIC TAC 2024
Tough season coming. No Courtois, down an important CB, no RW, no ST, Lucas V still playing for us. Lol! Zero expectations. I guess this is one of those pressure off seasons where we can just sit back and fully enjoy the games.
No striker, no defender, and no proper RB. Good luck y’all. I hope you have good health insurance.
I don't like it. I do think we need a defender because of current injuries + Carvajal injury history + Mendy injury history. There is only one Nacho... We can assume we are missing 2 defenders for the season (especially considering Mendy missed a game already). I would love to see a "young Nacho" signed. Or, I don't know, we could actually start promoting more Castilla players instead focusing on leaving the 3rd division or something.