Does Real Madrid still need to recruit? Two currents of thoughts that oppose the capital side, and which divide Madrid public opinion. Some believe that the workforce is not yet competitive enough to be able to fight for all titles the coming season, while others are of the opinion that Xabi Alonso already has a sufficiently complete and qualitative group to go to the end in Liga and in the Champions League in particular. And clearly, Xabi Alonso is rather in favor of this first theory.
Florentino Pérez, rather part of the second. According to various Iberian media, the boss of the club in the Spanish capital no longer wishes to get his hand in his pocket and there is only one scenario in which he will accept to take out the checkbook: if Rodri (Manchester City) were to be available this summer. Which remains quite unlikely now … Suffice to say that, except reversal of the situation, Pérez is of the opinion that Carreras is the fourth and last summer recruit of his club.
Alonso offers 3 names but …
Sport says a little more and even makes quite crisp revelations. We learn that Xabi Alonso does not want to end up in the situation of Ancelotti and that he wishes to have decision -making power. The Basque clearly demands the arrival of a new midfielder, and he would not spit on a central defender. He would have even proposed three names to his direction for the middle – Nicolo Barella (Inter), Angelo Stiller (Stuttgart) and Kees Smit (Az Alkmaar) – but the Madrid decision -makers said no.
The management estimates that the 182 million euros spent on Dean Huijsen, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Franco Mastanuono and Alvaro Carreras are more than enough. For its part, the Cadena Ser evokes the file of the central defender and confirms that the club's objective is to wait until 2026 for Ibrahima Konaté, a player who wants to leave the Reds and would like to join Madrid as revealed exclusively by us. There should not be any reinforcement in defense either, except in the event that Konaté is available at broken prices. Xabi Alonso therefore knows what to stick to …
