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4 reasons behind Real Madrid’s failures so far this season

By Atharva Khadilkar

Real Madrid's players react to Alaves' goal during the Spanish league football match between Deportivo Alaves and Real Madrid CF at the Mendizorroza stadium in Vitoria on October 6, 2018. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images)
Real Madrid's players react to Alaves' goal during the Spanish league football match between Deportivo Alaves and Real Madrid CF at the Mendizorroza stadium in Vitoria on October 6, 2018. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images) /
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Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, during the presentation of Mariano Diaz as new Real Madrid player at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, on 31 August 2018. (Photo by BorjaB.Hojas/COOLMedia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, during the presentation of Mariano Diaz as new Real Madrid player at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, on 31 August 2018. (Photo by BorjaB.Hojas/COOLMedia/NurPhoto via Getty Images) /

Wrong decisions in the transfer market and poor squad planning

Real Madrid sold inarguably their most important player in Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus during the summer. Following the Portugal international’s departure to Italy, Real Madrid were obliged to sign a replacement and a player who would score at least half the number of goals Ronaldo would.

Mauro Icardi, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe, Eden Hazard and Harry Kane were all linked with the club and there was some hope inside the Real Madrid fan base about there being a new signing soon. But it was not to be and the only attacker to arrive was Mariano Diaz. While the Dominican is a great player, even he knows that he is nowhere close to Ronaldo.

Moreover, Achraf Hakimi was loaned to Borussia Dortmund in spite of doing well for the club in his first season. His performances at Germany suggest that Real Madrid’s decision to allow his exit was wrong too and they ended up spending 45 million euros on Alvaro Odriozola, who is playing second fiddle to Carvajal anyway.

The final dagger in the transfer market for the Madridistas was seeing Thibaut Courtois’ arrival in spite of Keylor Navas’ presence in the team. The Costa Rican has been brilliant for Real Madrid since Iker Casillas departed and there was no reason to spend 35 million euros on Courtois, who is turning out to be a joke of a signing. Los Blancos also let Kovacic go to west London on loan as part of the deal.

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