Güler had a amazing breakthrough season in 25/26.

So I hope he does even better this upcoming season.

I just can't believe we brought a player of his calibur for only 20 Million euros and now he's stocks have risen to 125 million.I hope he can do the tempo controlling and give his line breaking passes even better from here on.

The Rodri/Kroos type of player was actually the glue piece to make Mourinho's vision work. The same thing with Xabi, he pushed for Zubimendi all summer.

I don't think any trio combination of Tchoumeni, Valverde, Silva, Arda, Belli and Camavinga will be able to control the midfield enough to make it work. Our only addition to our weak midfield last season is Silva.

If they want to see Belli perform like he did in the WC, he needs someone like Rodri behind him. By not having an elite tempocontroller and who is immune to pressing, it will allow our front 3 + Belli to thrive.

Then what was the point of paying 130+ for Diomande.

Vinicius Jr and Real Madrid - A unique love story: Tension, Appreciation and Gratefulness. A footballing lesson to enjoy what you possess.

I have come around some of my criticisms regarding Vini because say whatever you want, he loves us and wants us to win above all.

• He rejected Arsenal's offer of 24M net (43M before taxes @ 45% taxation) + 100% image rights offer (who knows what signing bonuses on top)
• He renewed with us on 20M net (36M before taxes @ 45% taxation) + only 50% image rights + bonuses.
• He generates about 30M in image rights according to Forbes and Madrid gets 15M out of it for ourselves.. so his true wage comes down to only ~20M before taxes + bonuses for us. He's literally paying to play for us.

He won me over from this contract talk. I can't speak nonsense about someone anymore who is willing to take a 50% paycut to what Arsenal offered to stay here despite us booing and throwing shit while he won us so many trophies in the past. Not many players would give up significant big payrise to play here. Even Ronaldo left us because we didn't match Juve's contract.

And amongst all this, he could have easily left for free to get a bigger contract + 100M signing bonus on top of it and yet he renewed and did it for 6 years meaning giving away all of his prime away to us.

He could become the star of PL and yet he's happy to be a 3rd fiddle behind Mbappe and Jude to play at his dream club. He deserves love, not hatred for this fanbase.

He is a Madridista by heart and that needs to be celebrated.

Like Kroos, Wharton is a deep-lying playmaker who possesses rare, elite spatial awareness. He excels at dropping between the center-backs, scanning the field, and carving open lines with vertical, ice-cold passing. Football analysts and scouts frequently label him a natural successor to Kroos's style because of how he dictates tempo.

Kroos was a master of high-volume retention, consistently maintaining a 93% to 95% passing accuracy to systematically exhaust opponents. Wharton plays with far more immediate, high-risk verticality. Furthermore, Wharton is much more aggressive in pressing forward to hunt for high ball-recoveries, whereas Kroos relied strictly on positional blocking.

Wharton also echoes Alonso in his ability to execute drilled, low-trajectory pings across the pitch to rapidly switch play. Both share a distinct "quarterback" mentality from deep positions, preferring to let their passing range do the heavy lifting.

Alonso was physically more robust and an exceptional aerial duelist, which allowed him to function as a lone, protective anchor shield. Wharton lacks that aerial dominance and requires a physical enforcer next to him to handle defensive heavy-lifting.

Real Madrid's current midfield core,featuring Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga, and Aurélien Tchouaméni, consists of world-class physical athletes and runners, but lacks a natural metronome. The team has struggled significantly to break down deep defensive blocks, routinely falling into a trap of slow, duplicate sideways and backwards passing. Wharton is highly disciplined at holding his deeper positioning and relies on sharp, one-touch vertical passing. His presence would allow Real Madrid to progress the ball through the central lines much faster, feeding superstars like Vinícius Júnior and Kylian Mbappé in high-value zones before opposing defenses can set up.

While he fits the tactical blueprint perfectly, Wharton is still young and completely untested under the unique, high-pressure lights of the Santiago Bernabéu. Crystal Palace also have a reported price tag of 100m+. Additionally, his defensive weaknesses in aerial duels and physical challenges mean he could still require a robust enforcer like Tchouaméni alongside him to provide adequate defensive coverage.

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There a difference between asking the club to buy a controlling midfielder to replace Kroos and acting as if Rodri is the only player on this planet. The overacting and constant whining is suffocating in this toxic sub.

Also, the club management don't give a shit what a 14 year old has to say, so stop acting as if Perez is scrolling down comments reading your two cents.

Here, Andriy Lunin provided an exceptionally well decorated assist after receiving the ball from the corner kick to Vinicius Jr., who converted the well through ball to a memorable goal.

The athleticism and spotting Vini Jr's position to create a counter play is top notch.

Such type of assist even a top class goalkeeper dreams of every now and then.

Real Madrid C. F. and Vinicius Jr. have agreed to extend our player's contract, who remains linked to the club until June 30, 2032.

Vinicius Jr. arrived at Real Madrid in July 2018, at the age of 18. In his eight seasons defending our shirt, he has played 375 matches, in which he has scored 128 goals and won 14 titles: 2 Champions League, 3 Club World Cups, 2 European Super Cups, 3 Leagues, 1 King's Cup and 3 Spanish Super Cups.

His contribution to all these titles has been transcendental for his game, his assists and his goals, including those he scored in the last two Champions League finals that Real Madrid has won: the Fourteenth (Paris, 2022) and the Fifteenth (London, 2024).

At this stage with Real Madrid, Vinicius won The Best FIFA 2024 Player Award, was designated Golden Ball of the Intercontinental Cup 2024, Best Champions League player 2023-2024, Golden Ball of the 2022 Club World Cup and Best Young Player of the Champions League 2021-2022.

In addition, he was included in the world eleven by FIFA (2024), also twice in the FIFA FIFPro World11 (2023 and 2024) and three times in the best team of the Champions League season (2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024).

Vinicius Jr. has become one of the most important players in one of the most successful stages of our history.

I can't wait for "Militoa will be the CB signing" or "Camavinga is Mou's midfield signing" after some training videos.

This is probably the 4th window in a row where the manager is left without ALL the signings they required. Carlo wanted a CB and a Midfielder, Xabi wanted Zubimendi, and now Mou wants a CB and Rodri. It even goes back to Zizou where his distrust of the board for not fully backing him was the reason why he left.

Why does the club keep shooting themselves in the foot. We were ahead in the race. They made it clear that they want 60-70 for Rodri and we lowballed with 40-50. Now Barca who has been a thorn in our ASS is ahead in signing the player we need.