Hot summer in Madrid might be the year of turnover in Real’s wandering campaign. The Illusion with Schuster cost Calderon and Mijatovic dearly. And it is most likely that now Galacticos era 2 is about to start under the lead of Florentino Perez.
Global financial crisis will prevent most of the clubs from starting aggressively on the summer market; Real and Barcelona with their practically unlimited budget, are definitely a potential main destinations for world football elite.
Spain has the advantage over England is the language when it comes to South Americans and great climate conditions and attractive social life when it comes to Europeans. There is a reason why we are not talking about the size of the clubs because money and high life is more important nowadays. Today’s players are rock stars rather than the gladiators.
But that is not the topic, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Ribery… they will be moving every week since June till the end of the transfer window. Hungry football consumers are devouring each rumour, press live on the news of transfers, during the long summer break.
Our question is who will train Galacticos?
Over the last few weeks “well-informed sources” talked about Carlo Ancelotti. The coach himself added to this by saying that he is aware that after eight years rossoneri fans got tired of him.
He also added that if it were up to him, he would stay on Milan bench. The problem is that it is not up to him, and two poor seasons mean the loss of prestige for Berlusconi and more importantly a waste of money. The richest Italian won’t cover failures from his own pocket.
Ancelotti is on the exit, Real want to hire him.
As we see it that is like shooting yourself in the leg for both the club and the coach.
Why?
Real are one of the rare clubs in the world that don’t have the privilege of triumphs, as it is not enough to win only, they must play attractively too. Take, for example, Fabio Capello. He won the title twice with the royal club, ended Barcelona’s domination but he was forced to pack his bags after only a year on the bench. The club was created on the principles contrary to the philosophy of Italian coaches. Imagine Carletto starting a game at Bernabeu in 4-3-2-1 formation, which is slightly different from 4-5-1 and keeping the minimum lead against Numancia.
Try to imagine an afternoon in Madrid where Real deliver three shots at the target score and receive standing ovations after a minimum win.
Would you believe that Real could keep the opening score in Gijon hoping that Sporting will make a mistake?
Advocate’s of Ancelotti’s arrival to Madrid say that he is the coach used to success in Europe. Milan has spent years in Juventus’ shadow in Serie A but they are giants for all other Italian teams in Europe. Such statements are ridiculous and Ancelotti’s teams certainly have more success when they play tiers, and people like Carletto and Rafa Benitez show their worth precisely in the knockout stages.
However as Michael Platini said, the players are the ones that win trophies, not the coaches.
If it were other way around, Manchester United would probably win eight and not two titles in the last ten years.
Ancelotti and Real – would be like a bad marriage after one drunken night in the Las Vegas chapel.
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