What is Real Madrid missing? Considering the season that Kylian Mbappé’s gang is experiencing, a lot of things are obvious. But if there is a big deficit in this team, it is in terms of creativity and the ability to make differences between the lines. Orphaned by players like Toni Kroos or Luka Modric, the Merengues have great difficulty creating play, and the various coaches who have succeeded one another recently have had difficulty putting in place a coherent offensive animation.
It is no coincidence that the Madrid press is unanimous on one point: Real Madrid will use the means to strengthen its midfield this summer. If players of the caliber of Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea) are followed, it is another player who raises a lot of hope: Nico Paz. Although playing a little higher up the pitch, the Argentinian trained at La Fabrica and who is a success with Como in Serie A is seen as the solution to the team’s offensive problems. In Madrid, there is no doubt that the management will exercise his buyout option – between 8 and 10 million euros – and that he will have an important role in the starting team.
An important role from next season
“You don’t know anything about football if you don’t throw yourself at a player like that. He’s going to play for Real Madrid, that’s for sure. If Real Madrid recruits him to resell him, it will be another disaster. Not wanting a player like that at Real means knowing nothing about football.”for example, the famous journalist Tomas Roncero raged on the Cadena SER. “He’s a spectacular player. His imagination on the pitch is overflowing, he is creative, he scores… But if you put him on one side or as a midfielder, he will no longer perform as well”nevertheless warned the consultant and former player Alvaro Benito.
Defensa Central has no doubt and affirms that internally, we already see Nico Paz taking Eduardo Camavinga’s place in the team. The qualities of the 21-year-old Argentinian international in any case seem to correspond perfectly to what managers and supporters want to see. Last question all the same: will the future Merengue coach, whose identity is still unknown, count on him? See you this summer…
