Last season we saw Real Madrid's weak defense because several of their players were injured. Otherwise, Madrid's defense was very strong last season too. Madrid had talented and experienced defenders like Carvajal, Militao, David Alaba Rudiger and Mendy in their squad. Then due to injuries, Ancelotti was forced to play Tchouameni in the defense position.
However, Madrid does not want to take any risks this season. So the team has strengthened their defense further by adding Hujisen and Arnold to the squad. The new coach Xabi Alonso has already proven his talent. Now we are waiting to see if Alonso can succeed with Real Madrid. Alonso has got a perfect squad. He will also get enough support from the Madrid management to strengthen the squad. Even then, if Madrid's performance is weak, it will be considered a failure of Alonso.
I don't like that Bellingham will miss several months at the beginning of the season because he has a shoulder operation planned after the Club World Cup. He is one of the key players of the team and I don't know how Real will cope without him and then rebuild when he returns. Plus imagine what will happen if some unplanned injuries occur. In general, I am not very optimistic about next season again. I would like to see an ideal Real (no injuries, optimal composition of players) but it seems I will not see it.
Yes but since they are still full of capable player this can be used by Xabi Alonso as an opportunitie to give more minutes to the new players or players like Arda Guler and others who lack minutes in the start of the season and see if them can still in the team.
Plus when Bellingham comes back is gonna feel like they got a reinforcement.