Going through an old box of pc strategy games, I found some physical copies of war games/grand strategy. Good memories from a time I had all the time for myself.
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Are we praising the club for paying €140m for a player who was available for €20m just a year ago, playing only 20 km away from the Santiago Bernabéu? At 18, he made his La Liga debut at the Bernabéu while playing for Leganés, a Madrid-based club.
To me, this signing raises a serious question: Is this a scouting failure, a sporting management failure, or a bit of everything?
Diomande may turn out to be a fantastic player. That’s not really the point. The question is whether paying €140m today for a player who was available on our doorstep for €20m a year ago, while major structural weaknesses in the squad remain unresolved, looks like the steps in the right direction. Because to me, I’m genuinely not sure where Florentino is taking the sporting project.
Real Madrid’s squad looks increasingly unbalanced: overloaded in attack, yet still lacking real authority in the midfield, unable to keep the ball, unable to dictate pace and tempo even against inferior teams, and unable to establish a high block pressure.
I hope I am wrong, but I am not excited about the developments of the last 72h...
Unbelievable atmosphere!