Real Madrid is enjoying its 15th Champions League championship in history . However, with a hungry squad plus promising additions in the summer market, they are ready for a new challenge. Immediately after the final, coach Carlo Ancelotti affirmed the club’s ambitions:
”In this team, ambition will never stop. It is never satisfied.”
Notably, in their journey to win the title, Real defeated each opponent one by one without a high-class striker to fill the void left by Karim Benzema. Instead, Jude Bellingham and Vincius Junior shared the scoring burden. However, from next season, Ancelotti will have more high-class reinforcements in this area.
In the January transfer window, Real reached an agreement to recruit young talent Endrick from Palmeiras, he is expected to soon move to the Bernabeu. Furthermore, they have reached all agreements to welcome Kylian Mbappe – the player considered the successor to the legacy of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo – to Bernabe u.
This information not only makes fans but also Los Blancos stars excited.
“If that happens it would be great to have a player like him,” Bellingham said.
The 2018 World Cup champion possesses personal qualities and a desire to win that are hard to match.
Mbappe is ”endowed” with speed, balance, strength and dribbling moves that stun opponents. The French star is also a player on the list of Europe’s top goalscorers alongside Harry Kane and Erling Haaland.
”The only weakness we are lacking is a classy number 9 and if Mbappe comes and solves the problem in that position, he can absolutely help us go to another level. ,” said Bellingham.
With Mbappe and Endrick, Real will possess many of the best attack options in Europe.
The reason they have a high-class Vinicius Junior – evidenced by the winning performance in the final. In addition, it is impossible not to mention the name Bellingham, who played extremely well in his first season at the Bernabeu.
Even when Real said goodbye to great strikers from Ronaldo to Gareth Bale and Benzema, Ancelotti still knew how to “make ends meet” to help Real maintain its position. Therefore, with a series of outstanding talents at his disposal, the Italian wizard will surely create even more magical moments.
Real Madrid’s dominance at Europe’s biggest playground takes place right at the time when Manchester City is gradually showing the image of a big man. Pep Guardiola led the English champions to their first European Cup last season, and they also eliminated Real during this journey.
Witnessing how Man City destroyed each opponent one by one, there were opinions that the representative of Manchester was gradually expanding its power to the regional arena, but Real did not let that happen. happens, even when the opponent owns a formidable pair of Kevin de Bruyne and Erling Haaland.
It was Real who defeated The Citizens in the UCL quarterfinals this season after a decisive penalty shootout.
So once they own a quality product like Mbappe, things will be even more difficult for the British champion’s ambitions. Even when worry began to appear in the midfield with veteran Toni Kroos announcing his retirement. But with a coach who is so excellent at adapting to situations like Ancelotti, this loss is not a problem.
Ancelotti shared about Kroos’ departure: “He is a really important player for us, but we have players who can replace Kroos in a different way. Without Toni Kroos, we will adapt. We have great players and resources to stay competitive.”
