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Will this be the season of Real Madrid again? Because I heard doubts about them because they barely moved in the transfer market. They still rely on the majority of players who have been on the team for a long time. And most of those players are players who probably won't be in football for long. Ancelotti is very confident with what he has at the moment.

Ancelotti will start the season with a bunch of experimented players with new players that will strengthen the defence line. So Real Madrid will basically start from a high level. At the opposite, Barcelona for example will start from a lower level that's why they went crazy in this transfer window, building the team all over! so they can reach the level of the other big clubs in Europe.
Yet, I won't deny that Real Madrid might struggle in front of Barcelona, they are way better right now on paper..
BTW, I just noticed that ATM won with 4 goals to 0 vs Juve! Morata scored 3 Roll Eyes

Real Madrid should be able to play really well in the upcoming season. Especially with the type of squad that they have right now. They will have some added problems which they did not have in the last season. Barcelona has obviously become stronger than before. But I still believe that Real Madrid will be able to play better compared to Barcelona. Because the squad of Real Madrid is the most complete one in La Liga.

So I believe Real Madrid will be all right even though Barcelona have made some really controversial decisions and brought in a lot of big names in the squad. I have to disagree that Real Madrid is going to struggle against Barcelona. But for that, Real Madrid's main striker Karim Benzema will have to play as he did last season.

Yes, you're right, we think that Barcelona has a great line-up, but even so I see Real Madrid much stronger, in fact they are thinking of signing a new player from PSG, I think it's a very good thing, really Real Madrid I see it as something reserved for the purchase of players, but in reality it does need to reinforce its line of defense, perhaps if they manage to negotiate with PSG to bring one, as is the case with Mauro Icardi, I see it as something positive, for now it does not matter if Benzema or Modric are veteran players, for me Real Madrid is waiting for the World Cup to happen and to be able to sign good (young) players who stand out, that is the style that Real Madrid always aims for, just like It happened in Brazil 2014 when he signed James Rodriguez, number 10, that it seems that whoever wears that shirt does not do very well in the merengue team.

I was reading some news and this caught my attention:

Mauro Icardi open to joining Real Madrid

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Out-of-favour Paris Saint-Germain striker Mauro Icardi is reportedly open to joining Real Madrid before the transfer window closes.

Source: http://www.thehardtackle.com/transfer-news/2022/08/08/mauro-icardi-open-to-joining-real-madrid/

This is a very good option, it would be a question of being able to acquire a good central defense, for me a good defender is very important, we can have the best midfielders in the world, and the best forwards, but we must remember that the best defense in the case of the Brazilians will be their attack, but this is not Real Madrid's style, Real Madrid is more solid in each of its positions, I think that a good central defender is what the team needs to feel more secure at least for this season, and steps to the UCL.

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Will this be the season of Real Madrid again? Because I heard doubts about them because they barely moved in the transfer market. They still rely on the majority of players who have been on the team for a long time. And most of those players are players who probably won't be in football for long. Ancelotti is very confident with what he has at the moment.

Having lost a pre-season game against Barcelona I was a little bit nervous. But that result cannot be the benchmark for the League's start. I think anceloti has considered all. They have a lot of old players, but their physical strength is still able to compete. I think that's what makes Anceloti not looking for many new players.
Madrid still have a chance of winning, even if they are old. But for the observers perhaps Barca are potential champions because they buy a lot of new players. Perhaps Anceloti does not want to be like other coaches who make star players fail to develop.

For me Ancelotti has a high level, there is something that they commented on ESPN and that is that when Benzema does not play at Real Madrid the chances of losing increase, and when they play with Benzema it is almost a sure victory, perhaps Benzema is that lucky charm What is everyone looking for in a team? lol, it may be that they have a lot of faith in him and Modric, but we all know that Real Madrid did not play with everything against that friendly match, while Barcelona did play with very important players and almost the starting squad, perhaps Ancelotti was proving the level of Barcelona, and it must also be recognized that Barcelona did not play on that occasion with everything they had, both technical directors have been careful not to bring out their best secret weapons, either in players and technical strategy.

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Their physical strength will not always be able to compete, I think the experience that some old Real Madrid players have is much more likely to beat the younger ones.

Ancelotti can probably hope that Barcelona cannot sign all of his new players for the season and that will make little difference to their strength. Barcelona are reportedly still struggling to register 5 new players, but they will have to wait for some player sales before resolving this issue. I think they still have options if no one really wants to leave, but it should be the last resort.

Ancelotti already knows all the strengths that Barcelona has and in part I think he knows very well how Xavi is handling it, Ancellotti for me is one of the best coaches in the world, and I think he knows what the strategy can be. of Xavi, however what I can speculate is that Ancelotti is not worried about the League for now, but about his opponents in the UCL, he has a strong Man City, a great Bayern that has scored goals thanks to Muller, a PSG that at any moment they could be the most dangerous team in history if they exploit all their potential, Ancelotti knows that they have a World Cup ahead of them where new stars will surely emerge that he will want for his team, it is not surprising that he is managing the way in which want to sign in the near future.