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Six weeks to prepare Merengue for the new season
Jose Mourinho is set to enter a pre-season very different to that of his predecessor Xabi Alonso after the postponement of the first round of the Spanish league gave the Portuguese manager a clear advantage in preparation for the new season.
While Alonso had just 15 days to start work last summer as the team committed to the 2025 Club World Cup, this year Mourinho will take advantage of six weeks to prepare the squad, a period that gives him more time to prepare the players and absorb his technical ideas as classes wind down.
Today, Monday, the team held its first training session with eight players and 12 young people. The coaching staff is expecting the international players to return in phases over the coming weeks, following their participation in the 2026 World Cup.
And put it AS newspaper Approximate timetable for the return of the stars of “Real Madrid” to training.
“On July 17, the Turkish Arda Guler will return first, followed by the Uruguayan Federico Valverde on the 18th of the same month. Germany’s Antonio Rudiger should join before the return of Brazilian Vinicius Junior and compatriot Endrek on July 27, and Moroccan Dimaz on the 31st.”
He continued. “Thibaut Courtois to return on August 1” later Recent tests revealed It has been confirmed that the Belgian international’s injury in the 2026 World Cup quarter-final against Spain was not as serious as expected.
France’s Aurelien Chouamine, Kylian Mbappe and England’s Jude Bellingham are expected to join from August 5 to 10 to gradually build up the squad before the start of the season.
Beginning of new arrivals
As for the new stars that Real Madrid have signed during the current summer Mercato, they will be as follows.
Dutchman Denzel Dumfries, July 21.
Portuguese Bernardo Silva: July 28.
Ibrahima Conate of France and Marc Cucurella of Spain, from August 5 to 10.
The march of the French and Spanish national teams continues at the 2026 World Cup, where they will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, in the semi-finals.
