Real Madrid REBUILD | How to BOUNCE BACK from 2025/26? 🤔

0:00 So, basically this is what we got.

0:01 A $200 million budget, so I would have loved a lot more,

0:04 but I mean, they only gave us $200 million.

0:07 Florentino Perez isn't short of a dime or two.

0:10 So, we have to decide on a manager.

0:12 We [music] have to sell one starter, and you can sign up to three players.

0:17 You don't have to go all three, but you can sign up to [music] three players.

0:20 I need somebody else to enter the fray,

0:22 and I know a lot of people are going to be

0:23 focused here on this [music] guy because Mourinho is a serial winner,

0:26 but I'm also a firm believer in if we've seen it,

0:29 tried it, and it hasn't worked out,

0:31 then never return to your ex because there's a reason as to why y'all broke up.

0:34 So, this, even though on paper it looks good, we need to start something fresh.

0:39 We need something new.

0:40 We need a little bit of energy, a little bit of va-va-voom.

0:42 When I say va-va-voom, I want to make sure that my key player is seen to.

0:45 Kylian Mbappé needs to be at the focal point

0:47 of everything that Real Madrid are going to do going forward.

0:49 And who knows better how to unlock Kylian Mbappé than this guy?

0:53 Didier Deschamps.

0:53 [music] Now, he's talking about a serial winner.

0:55 He's of course won the World Cup at the highest level,

0:57 but also it's the finals that he's been to.

0:59 The establishment that he's set.

1:01 Also, think about the players that he's managed.

1:03 From their dressing room walk-ins, from their their ego,

1:05 from the fashion shows, all the way through,

1:07 there is nobody that understands how to manage

1:10 this moment and manage these players better than him.

1:12 And when you think about it,

1:13 I know there's conversations about whether or not he's actually good

1:16 enough in terms of the pragmatic style that [music] he has.

1:19 But I need people to focus on something.

1:20 He wins games.

1:21 He wins trophies, and they do score goals.

1:24 The net spend is going to be something that's always going to be a conversation,

1:26 but I've got $200 million to play with now.

1:28 Florentino Perez call me because when I tell my man

1:31 to make sure that Didier Deschamps is at the helm,

1:34 we're going to be having a much better conversation.

1:36 Now, [music] I know I need to get one departure, one major departure.

1:39 So, I'm going to have that conversation in the middle,

1:41 but I want you to understand something.

1:43 This is a pressure point for me when it comes to Real Madrid.

1:46 I don't see enough in the midfield.

1:47 So, this is where our focus needs to be.

1:49 How do we get back to dictating games [music] like we

1:52 did with Toni Kroos and of course Luka Modrić in that midfield?

1:55 And how do we solidify back here?

1:57 Well, the first person that I'm going to tell my man

1:59 to make sure I bring in is Ramón because it's nice and easy.

2:02 We already know in terms of the relationship that's been there in terms

2:05 of with what he's going to do and where he's at now with Como.

2:08 Cesc Fàbregas seems to have unlocked some level of confidence within him,

2:10 and the buyback is nice and easy.

2:12 So, we're not dipping too far into that budget.

2:14 [music] But the other parts that I need people to tell my man

2:16 to focus on is when I said we're going to focus on the midfield,

2:19 this is where my departure is going to be.

2:21 Now, I know.

2:22 Trust me, there's not many people that's a bigger fan of Camavinga than myself,

2:26 but he's been unhappy in terms of the minutes.

2:28 He hasn't been consistent.

2:29 [music] I remember big mistakes against both Girona and of course

2:32 Mallorca that's cost Real Madrid in their title race.

2:37 I think it's time for a restart.

2:38 It'd be good for him.

2:39 It'd be good for Real Madrid.

2:41 It'd be good for myself.

2:42 Now, looking at his SofaScore rating,

2:43 if you're going to If you're going to be in the center

2:45 midfield for Real Madrid and you're going to play 40 games,

2:47 as far as I'm concerned, you need to be scoring and assisting way more.

2:50 Your SofaScore rating is not where we need it to be.

2:52 Anything that's in the amber is not a win for a team

2:55 that's in a rebuild and needs to be pushing forward.

2:58 And most importantly, if you're going to get 40 games,

3:00 I need to know that you're going to dominate those 40 games.

3:03 So, my $200 million to play with, you know, I've already said it.

3:07 I've already flirted with it.

3:07 I need Ramón in the center half position because it's a nice easy win.

3:11 He's a 6'5 center half that really understands the stature of the club,

3:14 really had a test at it.

3:16 And him coming back into the situation,

3:18 this right here makes me feel like that's my future.

3:20 I can build off that.

3:21 With Rüdiger of course supporting and Militão still there being there,

3:24 this lets me know that that is the basis

3:27 for where Real Madrid want to go from here.

3:29 The center midfield is what I need to work on.

3:31 So, I'm going to go and get myself two absolute stars in there.

3:33 First player I'm going to get in there,

3:35 he's [music] already flirted with me, so I'm going to flirt with him back.

3:37 Shoutout to Rodri.

3:38 You already know that I want to make

3:39 sure that you're in that midfield demonstrating.

3:41 You already proved you're a serial winner.

3:43 Well, come and win on the biggest stage.

3:45 But every team, every summer,

3:47 I've been looking forward to Real Madrid going and signing that Galáctico,

3:50 of course that major signing,

3:51 that one that makes everybody go, "Woah, they're back." And Mbappé right here,

3:57 this is the signing of the summer for Real Madrid.

3:59 Is it going to cost a lot of money?

4:00 Yes.

4:01 Is it probably going to cost me north of $100 million?

4:04 [music] Yes.

4:04 But what he can give me for the next 10

4:06 years probably only Luka Modrić has given me in the past.

4:09 I've got about $10 million to spare with all of this flirting,

4:12 all of these new incomings.

4:14 I'm [music] just going to make sure that, you know,

4:15 you do the charitable thing and give

4:16 a nice little donation to a charitable cause.

4:18 We just give [music] it away in terms of $10 million.

4:20 That's how confident we are all the way through because if you

4:22 add these into the mix in terms of Real Madrid's new midfield,

4:26 and shoutout to the fact that I just wanted

4:27 to include Adam Wharton just because he is that good.

4:32 [music] That gives me an air of confidence that Real

4:33 Madrid can go back into where they need to be,

4:35 the upper echelons and the finalists of all

4:37 competitions and most importantly challenging for La Liga.

4:40 Florentino, don't listen to JD.

4:43 He has no idea what he's doing.

4:45 I'm going to tell you how to build Real Madrid.

4:48 So, listen.

4:49 I think we do agree, JD, about the manager.

4:52 Deschamps for me, it's less about what he did at Marseille,

4:54 what he did at Juve, and before that Monaco.

4:57 By the way, I think people forget he

4:59 was managing in a Champions League final with Monaco.

5:01 Ends up losing to José Mourinho's Porto.

5:04 But Deschamps is a player that has won Champions League multiple times

5:07 with different teams that can step into that dressing room and command it.

5:13 Because right now, there is so much power to the players.

5:16 And Florentino Perez hasn't picked the right guy

5:19 to walk into that dressing room and manage egos.

5:22 More than anything else, that's what needs to happen at Real Madrid.

5:26 We know that, right?

5:27 And it's been too soft from Xabi Alonso.

5:30 Vinícius scoring like that in El Clásico.

5:31 That was a moment That was a huge break.

5:34 I think the the real moment where everything went down the wrong path was

5:38 when Florentino and the club empowered Vini

5:41 to walk away from the Ballon d'Or ceremony.

5:44 From that moment on, we've seen a different [music] Vini.

5:47 So, I'm choosing Deschamps, and I'm selling Vini for that matter.

5:51 The entitlement, the off-the-field issues more more than anything,

5:56 Mbappé and Vini playing together hasn't worked,

5:59 and we know that the prized possession

6:01 of this team because of the goals has been Mbappé.

6:04 So, Vini, goals and assists and and and games played,

6:09 yes, you're going to get good output,

6:12 but we've seen Vini be much better,

6:14 and we've seen Vini be much better without Mbappé.

6:18 But then what you would say, "Hmm,

6:20 you then get rid of Mbappé." But let's be real.

6:23 Real Madrid is not getting rid of Mbappé.

6:24 Vini hasn't signed his new contract yet.

6:26 If there's a time to get rid of him, it's now.

6:28 So, my left-back position is open.

6:30 Álvaro Carreras has not been good.

6:32 They need to reinforce that side.

6:34 And Ferland Mendy has been pretty unreliable because of his health.

6:37 So, I've got Trent.

6:39 I've got Militão.

6:41 I've got Rüdiger.

6:42 That's a solid back line if we can stay healthy.

6:44 And you know how I'm going to go get the best left-back in the world.

6:48 Nuno Mendes from PSG.

6:50 If PSG don't get it done, maybe he's going to want to refresh a little bit.

6:54 And why not go to Real Madrid?

6:56 And then I've got Tchouaméni in the midfield.

6:58 Obviously, Camavinga, he's not had a great season.

7:01 He's not going to be starting.

7:02 Maybe even getting rid of him.

7:05 [music] But then you got the likes of Valverde, Bellingham, Arda, Mbappé.

7:08 You need a rhythm maker.

7:10 That has been the glaringly massively missing component to all of Real Madrid.

7:18 Who's going to give them their music?

7:20 Who's going to give them the the tempo?

7:23 That it's so obvious that JD and I picked the same [music] guy.

7:27 It's going to be Rodri.

7:28 Post-Manchester City, where is he going to go?

7:30 He has already flirted with it.

7:32 And you know what?

7:33 I've got $185 million.

7:35 No, I can't be.

7:36 I got to have less because I bought Nuno Mendes, right?

7:38 But regardless, I thought I was going to have a lot more money left over.

7:41 This is my Real Madrid team, JD.

7:44 This is what I've got.

7:46 Solid back line, Rodri giving me tempo, and I think more than ever,

7:51 there's not going to be any any battle of of egos.

7:54 Mbappé, Didier Deschamps,

7:55 you think I'm going to get rid of Mbappé when Didier Deschamps is my manager?

7:59 Absolutely not.

8:00 There's no way at all.

8:01 Like, you know that Mbappé will be smiling if Didier comes through the doors.

8:04 But I will say something though.

8:05 Look at how similar our team is.

8:06 I have the same manager.

8:07 We also have the same holding midfielder.

8:09 I actually even circled a left-back because I do believe

8:12 Carreras is is is not been up to the expectation.

8:15 Fran García, the the list could go on in terms of just the spell that they have.

8:19 I don't mind.

8:20 We even went to the same club for shopping.

8:23 Yeah.

8:22 But I will say something.

8:23 I do believe that they're missing something.

8:26 That Tchouaméni and Camavinga hasn't driven fear into anybody's

8:30 heart in the Champions League for a long while.

8:32 You know what just needs to change in the middle of Real Madrid's team.

8:35 Can I tell you the adjustment?

8:36 Then you make it a 4-3-3, and you go Rodri, Bellingham, Güler.

8:41 You can drop Tchouaméni if you want.

8:42 You move Mbappé as a left wing where he likes to play.

8:45 Woah!

8:46 You are not pushing Kylian that wide.

8:47 No, no, but but but naturally.

8:49 And then you have a striker like a Remember how Joselu?

8:52 They They bought [music] Joselu?

8:54 And Joselu was all all of a sudden letting it just letting it off.

8:59 Who's going to What's Joselu going to do?

9:01 And he played such a critical role in that.

9:03 And if you want, you can move an Mbappé out

9:05 on the left because he's going to drift there naturally.

9:09 [laughter] I like this.

9:09 Even our face cam.

9:09 Hey, Florentino, tell us who you want to call

9:12 because I think both of these two teams have potential.

9:15 You didn't even use all of your budget because

9:17 you believe that Real Madrid still have enough basis,

9:19 so you could have added another player if you wanted to.

9:21 Bro, you're getting Endrick.

9:22 You can you can Forget about the striker.

9:24 You can put Endrick.

9:25 You've got Mas Santuana still in there.

9:27 You've got Nico Paz coming back.

9:29 this.

9:29 I love the fire power.

9:30 this.

9:30 I like this.

9:31 Nico, stand next to the so that people can understand.

9:33 Like, you let them Let them choose, right?

9:36 Florentino, you tell me.

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