🚨 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: Toni Kroos questions Pérez’s £150M for Micheal Olise.
🎙️“Michael Olise is a fantastic player and one of the most exciting talents in Europe, but if the reports about Real Madrid paying £150 million are true, I’m not convinced it’s the right move.
Madrid already have Vinícius, Rodrygo and Mbappé in those attacking positions. Olise is an amazing gem, but spending that amount on a player who doesn’t solve a major need for the team isn’t something I would advise. Great player, yes. Necessary signing for Real Madrid at £150 million? I’m not so sure.”
Zinedine Zidane on Real Madrid signing Denzel Dumfries to replace Dani Carvajal:
🗣️ “I have great respect for Denzel Dumfries.
He's a strong player, an experienced player, and someone who has proven himself at the highest level.
But if Real Madrid are thinking long-term,
I don't really understand this move.
Dani Carvajal is 34, Dumfries is 30,
so where is the long-term planning?
You're replacing one veteran with another veteran. For most clubs that might be acceptable, but this is Real Madrid. The standards are different.
When Madrid replace legends, they usually look for the next superstar. A player who can dominate that position
for the next eight or ten years, not just the next two or three.
That is how great dynasties are built.
You don't just solve today's problem.
You prepare for tomorrow's challenge
before it even arrives. That's the Madrid way.
Dumfries can help immediately. I have no doubt about that. His quality is obvious,
and his mentality is strong. Nobody can question that.
But Real Madrid shouldn't only think
about who helps them next season.
They should think about who leads them
for the next decade. That's the real responsibility.
For me, this feels like a short-term solution to a long-term problem. And for a club like Real Madrid, that simply isn't good enough.”
🔙🗣 Casemiro: “I’m going to tell you something I never said in any interview: After the UCL final in Milan vs Atlético Madrid, we were celebrating in the dressing room, and Luka Modrić came up to us and said: ‘Friends, we have to win two more UCL’s now.’
We told him, ‘Come on Luka, we’ve won two almost in a row since Lisbon.’ He replied: ‘No, no. With this great team we have, we have to take advantage & make history by winning at least two more in a row.” We then won the 12th in Cardiff & the 13th in Kyiv. In a row. Luka knew.”