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The departure of the “Sacred Cows” caused the royalist party to lose its prestige
Real Madrid are facing an identity crisis among their dressing room bosses, which has become apparent after the team’s recent spats, revealing a deep leadership vacuum left by the departure of club legends in recent years.
Lack of leaders
The Spanish newspaper “AS” reports that over time, the dressing room of “Real Madrid” has been gradually stripped, deprived of players with quality weight in football and in the history of the organization.
A source who lived through that era confirmed to the newspaper, who chose to remain anonymous, that players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Nacho, Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric left a huge void that is difficult to fill, stating that they are men who live only for football, which is evident in every way.
Among all these “sacred cows”, only Carvajal remains, who at the age of 34 faces a difficult phase, where doubts revolve around his continuity, in addition to his current absence from the scene due to his bad relationship with Arbeloa.
A lack of control in the Real dressing room seems to have become evident at this stage, and recent events, represented by the Rudiger-Carreras row and the recurring spats between Chuamini and Valverde, are a true reflection of this situation.
In addition to this, the team’s performance decreases when it does not face high-level matches, such as the last rounds of the Champions League.
Apart from Carvajal, the team is led by Valverde and Vinicius in addition to Thibaut Courtois, and voices are starting to come out of the dressing room itself, questioning at least the method of selecting those leaders.
Barcelona tradition
For many years, Real Madrid has adhered to the seniority rule of selecting team representatives before the coach and the club, while other clubs have resorted to different methods. Barcelona, for example, use a mixed system that respects seniority, but the matter is officially subject to a vote, and the current leaders are Araujo, De Jong (the oldest), Pedri, Rafinha and Lewandowski.
This is exactly what a section of the Real Madrid dressing room would prefer in the future, that is to rely on a vote, which would force the club to change the long-standing system and allow men like Courtois to introduce their colleagues as the first captain.
The incident between Chuamini and Valverde was an example of the chaotic situation in the Madrid dressing room in this regard. After the altercation and the end of training, Carvajal, the current first-team captain, was one of the first to leave, but shortly after he received a call from the club to return to the facilities and attend an emergency meeting with the warring sides by Real director Jose Angel Sanchez.
As for the other leading men, Valverde and Vinicius, the latter has shown signs of erratic and erratic behavior during matches, although his stances change radically and become more sober when he wears the armband on the pitch.
Mbappe’s trap
The future landscape does not look promising as… Kylian MbappéThe man chosen by Madrid to be the face of the club for years to come, both sportingly and with sponsors, has been embroiled in a series of situations in recent months that have baffled the upper echelons of the organisation, notably his trips to Stockholm, Paris (recovering from a knee injury with people he trusts) and Cagliari.
The magazine said the French star’s periods of rest came at inopportune times while the rest of his team-mates tried to move forward with the season.
But in another context, the Royals see a glimmer of hope through Mbappe’s comments, especially when he publicly spoke out in support of his partner Vinicius after what happened to Benfica’s Pristiani in Lisbon.
The process of renewing the team will have a positive side, in the form of a large number of future contracts, and a negative side, which is the lack of experience.
When Ceballos and Carvajal leave, which is likely to happen sooner rather than later, the local players who will remain in the team are Brahim Diaz (who is of Spanish and Moroccan nationality and represents the Atlas Lions internationally) (age 26), Dean Hovesen (21), Alvaro Carreras (23), Garcia (23), Garcia (22), Garcia (226), academy players, who will be promoted and thus appear on the horizon. A period of identity crisis in the absence of significant Spanish players on the roster.
