KROOS IS GOING TO LEAVE A TREMENDOUS HOLE IN MADRID
Belligham, Modric, more of Güler, a signing? Madrid's plan in the face of Kroos' painful loss
Published New:21/05/2024 - 17:47h
Updated New:21/05/2024 - 17:47h
The retirement of Toni Kroos is going to be a very hard loss for a Real Madrid that does not have a natural replacement in the squad. It seems that the whites will choose not to sign this summer and the solution to the German's absence will have to be found at home
Toni Kroos has been the 'lighthouse' of the Real Madrid from his arrival ten years ago. The German, to his 34 years, is considered by the madridismo one of the best players of the history of the club, and by the rest of the world futbolístico like one of the best midfield players of always. His elegance playing, his impressive precision milimétrica in the passes, his brutal trips of balloon and his intelligence in the field have been keys so that the merengues have won so many titles and have been so competitive during all these years.
It is for this reason by which the news of his withdrawal is an authentic drama for all the madridismo in general and for Carlo Ancelotti and the white team in particular. The germano goes to leave an enormous gap in the centre of the field madridista, since anybody in the staff can do his work. Eduardo Camavinga and Aurélien Tchouaméni are pivote that in spite of his quality, especially the first, are of a more defensive cut. Fede Valverde, by his part, is a mediocampista 'box to box', that hardly can contribute the tranquility and the leadership of the '8'. On the other hand, it is Jude Bellingham, that in spite of that this course has played of mediapunta, of second tip or until of '9', is midfield player. The English has quality and vision of game, but neither seems the ideal profile for 'substitute' to Toni. Finally, it is Luka Modric, that seems that yes it will renew, and that without being the ex of the Bayern, by quality and experience yes can do more his paper, although it have to play a lot of acting by a question of age.
The Madrid seems that no fichará a half this summer
Leaving this clear, by these problems, in the Madrid perhaps could arrive pose fichar to a player that was more than the cut of Kroos so that it play in the left-handed interior, as he. However, everything aims that the plan of Florentino Pérez goes through to go to by a mediocampista 'top' in 2025 and no now, being Florian Wirtz the favourite of the president. Now, the feeling is that the Madrilenian group 'will conform' with the signing of Kylian Mbappé, that seems to be enclosed, added to Endrick and perhaps Lenny Yoro or Alphonso Davies to reinforce the defence.
Without a reinforcement, Carlo Ancelotti will not have more remedy that improvise with what has and learn to play without the German. In principle, it seems that the Italian will change of start his system with Bellingham in the rhombus of four means to go back to the 4-3-3, with Vinicius and Mbappé changing of position in the centre and the left, and Rodrygo Goes more in the right, although also moving a lot inside. This would be to plant to Jude in the half, just where Kroos, in the left, with Camavinga and Tchouaméni of pivote and Valverde like right interior. Modric Would be the big alternative so much from the bench as of start for the parties 'big' and the moments where the Madrid need more quality and precision.
The problem of this training is that, to exception of Modric, that aims to the suplencia, any of the mediocampistas merengues can lead the game of possession as it has done it always Kroos. This will force to the team to play of another more direct form, to less touch, to take advantage of the speed of the forwards. This can work in a lot of meetings, but it is necessary to see what do the madridistas in the meetings in which it need patience and possession to win, that will not be few. Bellingham And Valverde will have to take a step forward and show that, in addition to vertigo, also can give him this intelligence and quality that gave him the germano to the game of the team. Unfortunately, it does not seem simple that go to attain do it, at least in the short term.
Burn Güler, possible 'factor X' of the Madrid without Kroos
But the drama that supposes to lose to the international by Germany could be a bit lower 'thank you' to one of the young talents that has the Real Madrid in the plantel. Burn Güler, that in this straight final of season is 'going out', marking 6 goals in his last seven parties, and showing the enormous potential that has, seems that will have more weight in the rotation merengue after the exit of Toni. That Bellingham go to play to the 'strength' more in the half will involve that in the meetings in which 'Carletto' prefer to play with 4 means, the Turkish, that also could play of right extreme, can be the mediapunta by in front of the three midfield players.
It will be necessary to see if the Madrid achieves sobreponerse to the exit of one of his greater legends and if this plan, using to Bellingham more than creator, to Modric like solution for when it was necessary, and to Güler like unexpected 'factor 'X', goes out well. If it does not go them well, the first season of Mbappé in the picture merengue could result being an absolute fiasco by not having prepared a better plan in front of the sudden course of Kroos.




