With the January transfer window still open, Real Madrid had already decided to shelve the idea of making any signings. At the top of Carlo Ancelotti‘s wish list was a right-back. The Whites tried with Alexander-Arnold. The Merengue club offered 15 million euros on New Year’s Eve, but Liverpool did not even consider the offer. The player is expected to arrive in the summer, but why were there no moves in the face of defensive losses and no more pressure for the ‘net’?
Journalist Antón Meana has provided an answer to this mystery on the Cadena SER radio station’s program El Carrusel: “The reasons have been 100% economic. Despite the fact that names such as Alphonso Davies or Trent Alexander-Arnold, who could have bolstered the Whites’ defense, have come to the fore, the Real Madrid president understands that they have money to spend and invest, but not to waste. When Carvajal, Lucas Vázquez, Militao, Rüdiger, Alaba are injured… in the end you have five casualties,” said the journalist on Carrusel Deportivo.
In addition, the aforementioned communicator also stated that “Madrid interprets that it has won enough in sporting terms to avoid having to make a financial effort above the market price in January that can break the bank and may be of no use to you”. “They haven’t signed because Florentino didn’t want to. He thinks that everything Madrid has won in recent years gives them credit,” explained Antón Meana.
The truth is that several defensive casualties such as Rüdiger or Alaba arrived in the final hours of the transfer window with little margin to make decisions and be able to make any moves. With the transfer window closed came the loss of Lucas Vázquez, with no more options to go to the market. Real Madrid will have to fight for the league title, reach the cup final and stay alive in the Champions League with what they have.