Real Madrid looks like the majority of their affairs are being done this summer, but that does not mean that there are no players who, according to the club, believe in the team. After Alvaro Carreras was presented this week, the arrival of Franco Mastantuono will bring their total expenditure to € 183 million this summer.
The current debate in Valdebebas is whether Los Blancos would have to bring in another central midfielder this summer, with manager Xabi Alonso convinced that this is the case. Another potential option is a new central defender, with Antonio Rudiger, Raul Asencio, Eder Militao and David Alaba far from inspiring trust at the moment. Yet there is another position that Real Madrid feels internally that they also miss a player in the forward line.
Alonso has an abundance of options in the front, with Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe, Rodrygo Goes, Endrick Felipe and Gonzalo Garcia Torres all options in the last third part. Arda Guler, Mastantuono and Brahim Diaz can also work in one by three. ESPN explains that the Real Madrid scouting team believes that they can, however, do with a different kind of ahead – a winger that extends the field and stays close to the touchline. They think that it also fits with the playing style of Alonso, and it is worth mentioning that Head Explorer June Calafat is one of the four people with the loudest voices in the decision -making of Real Madrid.
Most of the options above are a tendency to drive in, so there are not immediately working there. For some time it has been the full-backs that have offered the width for Los Blancos. Dani Carvajal is progressing well, while the arrival of Carreras offers an attacking weapon for the left that can also hug the touchline. Fran Garcia also showed some opportunity to do this during the club World Cup, but can struggle in tight spaces. There is no doubt that the natural width outside those options is not something that the team is blessed.