Carlo Ancelotti spoke at a teleconference with the international media ahead of the International Champions Cup, the friendly tournament the Whites will play in their summer tour.
The Italian coach is waiting for the departure of many unimportant players in his team and confirmed that he will try Hazard in the position of the fake No. 9 striker as a substitute for Benzema. “We have many options for this centre,” Carlo said. Benzema is the best but we have to understand that it will be a strange season with the World Cup in the middle, given Eden’s quality, it might be good for us to try it there.”
The Italian was satisfied with the two new deals and said: “They will bring a lot of quality to the team. Rudiger is a great central defender who can play in different positions and so is Tchouameni in midfield. He’s young, but he’s already playing for the France national team.”
He added: “Competition is the key to success.” The Italian coach, who is eager to face Barcelona on July 24 in Las Vegas, said: “Both have arrived today and they will need time to adapt but not much because they are of high quality.”
“It will never be a friendly match against Barcelona,” added the coach, who hopes his team will maintain its form after winning the league and the Champions League. Face them now can be good. We both want to win and put on a good show.”
He concluded: “Winning gives me a lot of happiness and what I want is to preserve this moment of happiness. We would like to repeat what we did last season and seek to adapt the new players to our philosophy. We have the space, confidence and knowledge to improve on what we’ve done.”
And Carlo Ancelotti settled the controversy over what the next Real Madrid deal was during the current summer transfer market, where he said: “We will not sign with anyone else. We are fine like that.”
Source: Mundo Deportivo