Real Madrid give up Mendy

Real Madrid continues to work at full capacity with the aim of preparing the team for the 2022-23 season, as new names have already started to strengthen the team. First, the signing of Antonio Rudiger, the centre-back who arrives for free from Chelsea to bolster the defence, has been confirmed. And signed Tchouameni from Monaco, who would earn a steady 80m (and up to 20 more for goals) in exchange for the promising French midfielder, who is being seen in Madrid as a potential replacement for Casemiro. With this, Madrid will have already made adjustments to two of the four lines that it wants to strengthen.

But Real Madrid is not only working on new deals; Also in the exits, a department in which three have already been completed by the end of the contracts: Isco, Bale and Marcelo. Other players can be added to those who do not clearly see their roles in the white team, such as Ceballos and Asensio.

And also the players that Ancelotti does not want and who know that if they stay, they will not get opportunities to participate in the matches, such as Jovic, Mariano and Vallejo. There is another group, in which there are players who do not appear in the departures list, but can leave if an offer justifies their transfer arrives. In that group is Ferland Mindy.

The French left-back has been a key player this season, as he has been in the past: he played more than 2,800 minutes in 35 matches, scored two goals and provided five assists. His defensive qualities are still his best guarantee, as well as his technical problems in small spaces that prevent him from developing better in attack, although his presence in the last phase of the season is practically consistent. But Rudiger’s arrival will certainly affect his role in the team.

Well, the German center back will start in the center of defense together with Militao, which will transfer Alaba to the left-back, a position he developed for many years at Bayern Munich, thanks to which he gained fame.

There is an option for all three to play as centre-backs in a five-man defense scheme, but that is unlikely, as it is not a fee Carlo Ancelotti has cared so much throughout his coaching career. This season that has just ended, without going further, he made it clear from the start that he gave himself to 4-3-3 and continued with her until the end, achieving nothing less than the league and champion titles.

In this context, they know in Real Madrid that Mendy’s importance in the team’s matches will inevitably decline, although they continue to rely on him, as a reliable player with an ideal ability to play in matches of maximum pressure and in the duels that Ancelotti wants to do to strengthen the defensive side of the team.

However, his change of role at the club led him to consider that should an important offer arrive, his departure is not impossible. Of course, it would have to be an economical offer impossible to refuse: Mendy cost 48 million in 2019, from Lyon, and the club is considered to have taken several steps forward in white. Only an offer similar to that cost could make the process possible, a number that is difficult for any team to reach at this time.

Source: AS