Think only Klopp was ahead of Mou for Florentino given other options mentioned were Poch, Allegri, Deschamps etc. VDB had an unsuccessful spell in Turkiye and added World Cup and Euros to his CV later on. Mou could aim to finish his career with a resurgence like Carlo and VDB, but he's a totally opposite personality to those coaches in a Gen Z dressing room that's making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
I have real doubts JM completes a full season. These players aren't going to respect him and his temperament is going to show on a bad way.
OUT-Mbappe,Ceballos,Fede,Tchouameni,Mastantuono,Militao,Carvajal,Fran,Mendy,Asencio, IN-Paz,Endrick,Schloterbek,Pedro Porro,Rodri,Stiller,Ramon,Camavinga is told he is going to be a left back from now on .......................................................Tibo/Lunin Trent/Porro.....Schloterbek/Ramon..........Rudiger/Hujsen/Castila cbs ..........Carreras/Camavinga ....................................................Rodri/Stiller .............................Paz/Arda...................................Stiller/Pitarch/Angel ................Endrick/Yanez/Palacios .............Jude/Gonzalo..................Vinicius/Brahim
Our team currently lacks creativity. Would love an injection of ballers/high IQ players. We could probably afford this: Defence: Schlotterbeck + Konate/other + a veteran right back Midfield: Rodri, Kees Smit, Nico Paz, Pitarch moved up Attack: Veteran striker + Move Jude up..let him go chase some goals. Out: Alaba, Carvajal, Rudiger, Asencio, Ceballos, Camavinga, Brahim, Mendy, Gonzalo (with buy back) Loan: Franco, keep Endrick out on loan *if Vini leaves, sign Yildiz from Juve. That's how I'd go....since we can't have the Salinas, Olises and Vitinhas of the world...sigh
Gazetta in Italy says RM wants to sign Yildiz this summer. Jorge Mendes is his agent. https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Calc...oca-la-sua-juventus-yildiz-rischio-real.shtml 🚨🚨 Kenan Yildiz vendría de la mano de José Mourinho al Real Madrid como el primer fichaje en su nuevo proyecto blanco pic.twitter.com/mFHCPpKRId— JBMadridista (@JesusMad13) May 9, 2026
Yes please, were gonna have the Frenchies vs South Americans vs the Turks. I'm rooting for the Turks!
🚨 There are only 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 players at Real Madrid who are not facing uncertain futures at the club. These are regarded as untouchable and important for the future:🔸 Thibaut Courtois🔸 Trent Alexander-Arnold🔸 Arda Güler🔸 Jude Bellingham🔸 Kylian MbappéVinícius Júnior is… pic.twitter.com/LnFCHSFDNR— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) May 9, 2026
Tibo Trent Schlotterbeck Huijsen Alvaro Valverde Tcho Rios Jude/Paz Osimhen Mbappe Get Jose to put this bumbs on ground. And first , get rid of Vinni. If u ask me Mbappe would not be in Madrid but Perez chose him so we are stuck. Both cant play so thanks and goodbye... Had some good moments, and thank u for that but ur most frustrating player i have ever watch in RM and i seen some rly bad players playing for this club like Pablo garcia, Gravesen, Metzelder Danilo etc. Second we dont need a major rebuilt, some players are still good enough to play for this club. The issue is what we lack is better workrate on pitch and even tho i dont rate Osimhen as a world class player but i rate him as a good striker with amazing work rate. Another player with amazing work rate in him is Richard Rios from Benfica. Amazing box to box player who breaks defence with his dribbling and runs and who i rate Jose will bring with him for sure to Madrid. Jose will rotate his squad, no doubt about it, so player like Guler,Endrick,Rodrygo,Paz would have minutes. Now with that we lack backup players. Players like Jacobo, Gila, Chema, Asencio, Camavinga, mybe even Brahim(i would cash on him)... Even tho we want Vitinha, Kvara , Saliba , Gvardiol , Enzo , Olise i doubt any of them are on market for us. Way too expensive,wont leave. Another player who i rate and will have amazing WC is Vuskovic Luka. This guy as 19 is such a leader and world class player. Hope he wont end up in Barca... Anyway Kvara,Luka or Gvardiol would be a dream,Vitinha,Saliba,Haaland but lets be realistic. Tcho mybe had two good seasons but we dint won anything. He cant tie Casemiro boots and i said it already before this guy is lazy on field same as Camavinga and Vinni... IN: Osimhen, Rios, Schlotterback, Paz, Dalot. Jacobo/Gila or Rafa Marin. OUT: Alaba,Vinni,one of Tcho/Cama,Brahim,Franco(loan)Endrick(stay on loan)
With the stadium renovation loans pending in future years, the budget is already set right now as we speak. Massive clear outs will be teased because it will generate clicks and interest but at the end of the day I don't expect drastic measures to happen, mostly because there simply isn't as much of a wiggle space as you'd usually expect.
Defensa Central is a Barca local medium. I know that source quality is going to be irrelevant for a while and people will eat everything up because it's so much, but yeah. I'm not paying attention to all of that.
https://defensacentral.com/ It's a RM focused page actually. Used to break some RM news years back. Lost relevance after Twitter ITKs like Ramon Alvarez came along. First to mention interest in Carreras last summer was a fan account named Naninho on Twitter. Florentino directly funded a similar page to grill Ancelotti in press conference during his first tenure. Think they went defunct after getting exposed.
JFD saying Mou will have some authority. Let's see if club will actually back him. 🚨 JUST IN: Real Madrid’s FIRST objective in 2026/27 is to RESTORE the club’s HONOR.There will be RULES that EVERYONE must follow.José Mourinho will have the FULL SUPPORT of the board. @jfelixdiaz pic.twitter.com/yF5AQPdwy8— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) May 10, 2026
You'll be happy at the reports that he knows he won't have decision power, and he only wants to be able to select who plays. Mourinho is the last person I'd allow to make long term decisions.
My prediction of how Mourinho might set the team up roughly, Bellingham is an enigma rn (he played striker vs Espanyol, we know he loves being as forward as possible), could end up anywhere. I don’t think we’d ever buy a left winger, if Vini goes then Mbappe will go towards being a left forward, his preferred position and someone new goes central. Some sort of 4231 / 4222. If Vini is sold: Courtois Trent..Rudiger..Def..Carreras Fede..Tcho Winger….Guler/Paz Jude…..Mbappe If Vini isn’t sold: Courtois Trent..Rudiger..Def..Carreras Fede..Tchou Guler/Paz…….Jude Mbappe….Vini
Has Mourinho ever leaned into anything but the 4-3-3 with a million crosses from the left and right? If you have Drogba or a player that bangs them in, ok, but I don't see him doing anything different now.
I'm very confident the club will sign Rodri by the way, then sell it as them buying experience and a leader.