No Jude Bellingham, no Luka Modric, no problem: Real Madrid stopped the 2025/26 season with two victories and two clean sheets against Osasuna and Real Oviedo, and they will be looking for their momentum on Saturday when they need Mallorca in house.
Tchouameni developed the Bordeaux in the Academy of Girondins before switching to Monaco in 2020, where he appeared as one of the best young defensive midfielders in Europe. These versions earned the attention of Real Madrid, which he added at Real Madrid for a reimbursement of € 80 million, which possibly rose to € 100 million. Tchouameni made a seamless transition from Ligue 1 to La Liga and became an instrumental figure under Carlo Ancelotti, while he also anchored the France midfield when Les Bleus came within centimeters of winning a second consecutive world cup.
Tchouameni Continued His Progression in 2023/24 and Helped Los Blancos Achieve Their Second League and Champions League Double in Three Years, Marking his Presence in the Center of the Pitch Alongside Toni Kroos and Federico Valverde and Budellingham and,,,, Rodgive and Budelling and,,,, Rodgive and Budelling,,, Rodgive, and Bokey,,, the Defensive and Banket,, the Defensive and Bokey, and Banket, and Banket,, the Defensive and Bokey, and Boke -Budehy and Bokey, and,,,,,,,,, the Defensive and Budegive and Budding and Budding, and Budegive and Budegive and Boke. Junior to Bomb Forward. Tchouameni not only helped to make things flow and drive from the defensive third to midfield, but he also gave an emergency option to save his defense and to engage an essential intervention.
Tchouameni, with mental and physical steadfastness and was always one step ahead of his opponent and was able to use his body to recover the ball neatly before his teammate would let it go for his teammate. He is in second place in their team for approvals per match (1.9) and intercepting per match (1.0) in Laliga, while he led the team for interceptions per match (1.1) in the Champions League.
The stage seemed to claim Tchouameni to claim to be one of the best midfielders in the game. Instead, he took a step back in his development with a disappointing season 2024/25 at team and individual level when Real Madrid did not reach silverware, apart from the FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the UEFA Supercup. Tchouameni was chosen for criticism because of his observed slowness in possession or subdivision of end product or no average marker or fall into concentration, with various Madridistas who wondered whether he might not have been good enough after their 5-2 defeat against Barcela in the Supercopa de Espana final, he was in the next of its own origin of its own origin of its own origin of its own origin on the next of his own origin.
Those criticisms certainly did not show up for Ancelotti, who continued to show an unbridled belief in him, both as a midfielder and an improvised center-back. Neither did they resonate with Xabi Alonso, who started the French midfielder in all six Real games at the FIFA Club World Cup, as well as the first two games of Real of the new season. Tchouameni worked together Valverde and Arda Guler in midfield and impressed by their season opener against Osasuna, completed 39 of the 41 passes, won 4 of the 6 duels and made 2 intercepts in a 1-0 win. While Alonso would make various changes to his line-up against Oviedo, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Eder Militao, Brahim Diaz and Vinicius Junior for Dani Carvajal, Antonio Rudiger, Franco Mastantuono and Rodrygo, he continued to exist with the same midfield trio.
Again, he kept his own on both sides of the ball, completed 70 of the 75 passes (4 out of 5 long balls) and won 6 of the 7 ground matches and 3 of the 4 air duels, as well as 5 interpacals and 3 tackles. Only a few months after he was a sinner for their malaise under Ancelotti, he reminds Los Blancos supporters why he has already collected 148 performances in 4 seasons for Real, and why he belongs in the conversation just 25 years old for the best defensive midfielders in the world.