The lack of a replacement of guarantees for Benzema is the mole in the European champion’s planning for next season
The defense that seems to be made of granite with the arrival of Antonio Rüdiger and fully outlines the succession process of a legendary midfield with the signing of Aurélien Tchouaméni, Real Madrid’s planning for next season has a loose end up front, where the Chamartín team that still does not guarantee a replacement for Karim Benzema.
A deficit that didn’t prevent him from being declared champions of Europe and Spain last season thanks to respecting the health of the Lyon gunner, but could jeopardize the Whites’ ability to keep both crowns bring in the event that the ‘9’ Suffer a major misfortune that separates you in sensitive moments of the course ahead. Suffice it to remember what happened when he was injured in the first two weeks of last February: a single goal in three games without the participation of the French and the elimination in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey at the hands of Athletic confirmed Real Madrid’s offensive wasteland in the absence of its flagship.
The discussion about the desirability of signing a striker is still alive in the ‘white house’, after Florentino Pérez made it clear last week in ‘El Chiringuito’ that there will be no more signings for the time being, but he kept the door open to the possibility to undertake some more incorporation if there are exits. This is where the figures of Luka Jovic and Mariano Díaz come into play, with whom Carlo Ancelotti does not count and for whom fate is sought.
The Serb, who still has a three-year contract, is prepared to change his environment to give his career a new impulse. He has a good bill in Serie A, where Milan has knocked on his door several times and Fiorentina has strongly joined the bid, as well as in the Bundesliga, a championship that served as a catapult to Chamartín in 2019 as the result of a sensational campaign at Eintracht. But his prize has fallen after three seasons of being ensnared in banishment, and the most viable solution is an assignment that will allow him to re-evaluate himself. Real Madrid paid 60 million euros for his services and are still hoping to get some of that investment back. The viola club has led the way through the Balkans and the biggest stumbling block to getting the loan is his salary of around €4.5 million. In the case of the Spanish-Dominican attacker, everything points to him finishing the year he has left to leave for free next summer.
Only if he manages to move one of those pieces would the fourteen-time king of Europe consider going to market, though he also keeps Borja Mayoral’s card on the table. The player from Parla, who set remarkable goalscoring records during his time at La Fábrica, is returning after completing his two-year loan to Roma, where he failed to rest, to the point of ending his last year on loan at Getafe. He still has a one-year contract and he hopes to gain Ancelotti’s confidence during the preseason, but Azulona’s entity does not lose hope of keeping him under Quique Flores’ command and could also serve Real Madrid to cash in to collect.
In the midst of this uncertain panorama, other names emerge, such as Edin Dzeko. The Bosnian, also linked to Valencia, is said to bring experience and a punch that is amply accredited by his 309 goals as a pro. At 36, he could be willing to take on a secondary role and would be a cheap addition as Inter would not hinder the veteran striker’s departure once Romelu Lukaku’s return is equal.
Each of these surgeries would be a temporary patch to the massive detachment that Kylian Mbappe’s renewal at PSG caused. Bondy’s talent offered all kinds of solutions for the attacking front, as he was able to function on both flanks and also as a centre-forward, which would have enabled him to cover Benzema’s potential losses.
That versatility weighed in when Real Madrid bet all the chips on the arrival of the world champion in 2018 against Erling Haaland, as Florentino Pérez recognized in ‘El Chiringuito’. “We have the best striker in the world and we are not going to let Haaland sit on the bench,” the Real Madrid president explained when explaining why the whites eventually dropped out of the race with Manchester City to get a grip. of the services of the Norwegian ‘killer’. But Mbappe’s sit-in ruined predictions and opened a potential leak in which Real Madrid will continue to operate.
Source: La Verdad
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