Real Madrid still have half of their squad on the transfer market
Bale and Isco are posing the biggest problem for Los Blancos this summer
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti wants to have 22 players in his squad, two for each position, but he has 27 plus three more from Castilla at the moment. In total, 30 players with just 15 days to go before LaLiga begins. He needs to get rid of two players if the three Castilla players drop back to the reserve team. It is a tricky situation because the Italian coach has still not been able to train with the whole squad since preseason began on July 5.
Madrid's plan is still to sell players to help the club back on its feet from the economic problems caused by the pandemic. The transfer of Raphael Varane is the only real sale so far, although coach Zinedine Zidane and Sergio Ramos have also moved on this summer. Zidane stepped down and Ramos' contract expired. Brahim will remain on loan at Milan and Mayoral at Roma.
ISCO & BALE
Madrid have 13 players on the market: Isco, Jovic, Odriozola, Kubo, Vallejo, Mariano and Ceballos are on the exit ramp.
It will be difficult to get offers for them because of the salaries they earn at Madrid, especially Isco, who is out of contract next summer and will go for free. In addition, Odegaard, Hazard, Marcelo, Asensio, Lunin and Bale could be transferred if an interesting offer arrives. That's now Florentino Perez's policy. With Bale, it's the same problem as with Isco, in that his contract is up in 2022 and no one wants him.
Ancelotti has 14 players who will definitely stay so is waiting to see which 11 stay to close the 25-man squad. Courtois, Carvajal, Alaba, Militao, Nacho, Mendy, Casemiro, Valverde, Lucas Vázquez, Kroos, Modric, Benzema, Vinicius and Rodrygo have their place guaranteed.
The three Castilla players are Miguel Gutiérrez, Arribas and Chust.
