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Real Madrid: Zinedine Zidane should be careful in the summer window

By Aakanksha Sharma

TOPSHOT - Real Madrid's French coach Zinedine Zidane (R) sits beside president Florentino Perez, during a press conference to announce his resignation in Madrid on May 31, 2018. - Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said today he was leaving the Spanish giants, just days after winning the Champions League for the third year in a row. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP) (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Real Madrid's French coach Zinedine Zidane (R) sits beside president Florentino Perez, during a press conference to announce his resignation in Madrid on May 31, 2018. - Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said today he was leaving the Spanish giants, just days after winning the Champions League for the third year in a row. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP) (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images) /
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MADRID, SPAIN – MARCH 16: Gareth Bale of Real Madrid looks on during the La Liga match between Real Madrid CF and RC Celta de Vigo at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on March 16, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
MADRID, SPAIN – MARCH 16: Gareth Bale of Real Madrid looks on during the La Liga match between Real Madrid CF and RC Celta de Vigo at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on March 16, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images) /

Loans and Sales

Another important aspect of managing youth is astute loans. Madrid has many players out on loan currently. Should the likes of James, Hakimi, Raul de Tomas, Kovacic, and Odegaard be brought back?

Should the likes of Llorente, Mariano, Brahim, Vallejo, and Valverde be loaned out? The club has huge talent sitting in the team already – to bring back the ones who have honed their skill enough and to send out the ones who need minutes to develop is a crucial aspect of the Pavones strategy.

It is also important to remember that transfer windows are not just about buying right, they are also about selling right. Players like Bale and Modric should be sold this season.

Most likely Kovacic will leave too if the Chelsea transfer ban does not block it. Sell the players who no longer fit in the squad and use the money to build the team for the next 6-7 years.

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Zidane and Perez have a huge responsibility on their heads in this window. More so for Zidane. He came back on the pretext of having more control on the transfers, and to build this squad on his own terms.

He was handed one of the best squads in history in 2016, but he has to shape the future now. This is a bigger challenge for him, one that can either dent or cement his legacy.

He has the responsibility to ‘Make Real Madrid great again’.

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