Bouaddi for 100m Anderson for 130m and now Enzo Fernandes for 160m, it’s times like these that really make me appreciate that Bellingham signing. 100m plus add ons for a player who’s already delivered us a UCL and a bdor worthy season + more who costs the same as Bouaddi.

That Bellingham deal was generational I can’t think of many that match that in terms of Business. Maybe Vinicius for 60m from Brazil? Vitinha from Porto as well for 40m.

Spent the day decorating the guest room like only a Madridista could. Thought I’d share with the sub. Couple of legends blessing my walls. Now that everything is up I got the itch to put up more. I have a couple more shirts to hang but I’m missing some memorabilia. What do you think? Any ideas?

People here need to understand that as unfortunate as it is to have our strategy regarding Castilla players being to ship them off like cattle, there is little to no better option.

A lot of these players are in positions we are already stacked in (e.g. Paz, when we have Jude and Arda), or bought a more suiting profile (e.g. Espi being more useful than Gonzalo due to his height).

People suggest loans not realizing that it's not in a clubs interest to develop a player who's only on loan for them and isn't a long term project.

It's kind of an "it is what it is" type of situation.

Regarding Chema, it's really unfortunate to lose control over him since he has potential in a profile we heavily need, but in the end it was Stuttgart who decided to sell him. We can't know when he'll be good enough to play for us, so holding on forever isn't logical.

These are my 2 cents on this

A Copa del Rey final football may never witness again.

On 4 June 1980, something extraordinary happened at the Santiago Bernabéu: Real Madrid faced their own reserve side, Castilla, in the Copa del Rey final.

Castilla's run was nothing short of remarkable. They knocked out Athletic Club, Real Sociedad and Sporting de Gijón on their way to the final, becoming the first reserve side to reach the Copa final.

The dream ultimately ended in a 6–1 defeat, with Juanito scoring twice and Santillana, Sabido, Del Bosque and García Hernández also finding the net for Madrid. Castilla's Álvarez scored their consolation.

But Castilla still made history.

The rules were later changed, with reserve teams eventually prohibited from reaching the Copa del Rey under the same circumstances. The RFEF notes that the regulatory change came in the 1990–91 season

One club. Two teams. One final.

A piece of football history that is extremely unlikely to ever be repeated. 🤍

https://en.as.com/soccer/mourinho-the-players-are-protecting-me-from-my-dark-side-f202608-n/

https://as.com/futbol/primera/valverde-el-traductor-de-mou-f202608-n/

Previous managers made Jude play in deep as a extra defender ..but thats not what Jude actually is

We have seen him play for england and they way he plays its very evident that what is his fav comfortable position

and José himself said that when he managed Benfica and he saw Bellingham play deep he didnt like it

Feels strange seeing him at the Bernabéu again. I didn't even notice him when the camera was panned here. I only noticed the two women. Do people still think he was the leak? I remember seeing a lot screenshots showing that tchouameni was. But I think those were fake but I never really cared enough to check.