Chumpsbechumps
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Ancelotti. Real Madrid only have a single striker in the squad, Joselu. He's a 34-year-old journeyman who failed in the Premier League. They are on track to win the league and in the semis of the Champions League.
Ancelotti and Zidane. Real Madrid spent over 100 million euros on Eden Hazard and he was perpetually injured. He contributed substantially less than either Martial or Jones and had an astronomically large salary. While he was at the club Real Madrid won two league titles and the Champions League. Then there's less-known players like Vallejo, Mariano.
You could throw Gareth Bale into the mix.
Probably Zidane, who had to rely on Vinicius Jr. and Rodrygo back when they had almost no experience due to serious injuries to Hazard and Asensio in 19/20. He won the league.
Zidane and Ancelotti had Luka Jovic in the squad, a 'replacement' for Benzema who scored 3 goals in 3 seasons at the club.
Zidane had to deal with Bale and James.
But generally Real Madrid just has players who the club can't get rid of. For example, in the comeback against City in 2022, Jesus Vallejo and Dani Ceballos came in as late subs. Vallejo is a permacrock who's barely had a top level career and Ceballos was coming off two unremarkable seasons on loan to Arsenal and spent most of 21/22 out injured.
It's simply not the case that top clubs have these perfectly assembled squads with no holes or problems.
That’s a solid response, to be fair
1. Joselu has scored 14 goals, Madrid have 3 other players who have scored more, they clearly don’t rely on strikers and have plenty of quality in the team to compensate
2. Hazard was injured , my point was how much was the squad affected by his injury ? When he joined Madrid also spent another 200 million on transfers that summer ,hardly a shoestring squad (including Rodrigo). That would be like ETH getting Kane and Hoijland in one summer!
3. No experience in 2019/20? Varane, Ramos, Kroos, Benzema , courtois, Casemiro , valverde ? But even at that bale , Hazzard , junior could all be rotated when injuries were a problem. Hardly the same as Anthony , pellestri , Amad and an unproven Garnacho
4. Seems like strikers are not a an issue for Madrid considering the quality everywhere else on the park.
5 Real Madrid spends a lot on players but the quality of their squads has been far superior to Uniteds. Yes they get stick with players but the alternatives for managers is quality. They can drop bales or have injuries to hazards and the managers don’t have poor quality replacements.
Anchelloti had to deal with Bales golfing and Wales taunts. ETH had to deal with a sex and woman abuse scandal , his best forward going out drinking , a pierce Morgan interview from the highest profile player in the world , another player publicly calling him a liar on twitter and the club being for sale for the majority of his time. All that in less then 18 months at United!
United managers got madrids dregs, with Varane and Casemiro bought after their peak. That’s what United have offered our managers and it’s actually a decent reflection of how stupid our club has been.
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