Bellingham's deal is done?
Huge move by Real, he will be one of the best midfielders in world football for the next 10+ years.
They now have 4 midfielders with huge potential (Bellingham, Tchouameni, Camavinga and Valverde) and are ready to start replacing their senior midfielders.
I'm glad that Modrić will be staying for another year - he deserves it. Not sure they will keep Kroos now, though.
No one can know in soccer ten years ahead, that's too much. How many young players have had hope and then, like Bojan Krkic, disappeared somewhere in the lower leagues.
The competition in La Liga is higher than in the Bundesliga, so it won't be easy for Bellingham.
He is only 19 years old and has played only 2 seasons at a serious level and scored 8 goals a season, which is not much.
As if it was not then with Naby Keita, whom Liverpool bought for 50 million pounds, and after 5 years he leaves as a free agent not really needed.
The sad part is Bellingham can become a bench player next season.
Look at Tchouameni. He was bought for 80 million Euros and he has been on the bench for Madrid and is even planning on leaving during this transfer window. There are tones of young players that have been highly rated like that but didn't have anything to show for it. A few even won the best young player of the year award.
Monaco even had a balon d'or clause to Martial's deal when they sold him to Manchester United because he was that good. So predicting that a 19 year old player going to Madrid would be among the best midfielders in the world for the next 10+ years is reaching. Very few players go to Madrid at such a young age and turn out to be the best in their position.
Tchouameni was bought for 80 million? He only managed to score 3 goals in Monaco, and he didn't score any goals in the real world, I think? I read that Liverpool wanted to buy him, but is it crazy to buy a player who does not score for such money?
It's a very strange policy for a club. For example Asensio. Real do not want to pay 6 million salary for Asensio, but they are ready to throw away 80 million for Tchouameni, even though Asensio scores even when substituting and now Assencio has signed a contract with PSG until 2027. By the way, PSG got such a player for free.
You ever noticed how footy transfers throw you for a loop? Case in point, Asensio, the lad who knows his way to the back of the net, is heading off to PSG without a penny changing hands. And yet, Real Madrid is all set to break the bank, 80 million large, for Tchouameni, a player still carving his niche as a goal threat.
But, you see, football is a bit like a Rubik's cube, each move, each player, carries weight. Take a gander at Tchouameni. The lad's a true engine, churning from one end of the pitch to the other, breaking up play like a seasoned pro. This might be why Real Madrid's eyes are all lit up. They might be catching a glimpse of something in him that goes beyond the ordinary parameters of goal stats.