With six weeks to go until the end of the season, Real Madrid are still fighting on multiple fronts for silverware.
Both the Champions League and the LaLiga Santander titles are within reach for Los Blancos, and Zinedine Zidane knows the path to success from here.
The dream of the fourth Champions League double
Real Madrid have cut the gap between themselves and Atletico Madrid by nine points in the last nine Matchdays. As far as the Champions League goes, they play the first leg of their semi-final in just over a week against Chelsea.
So Real Madrid will be dreaming of their fourth double involving the Champions League, having won in Europe and Spain in 1956/57, 1957/58 and 2016/17.
Convinced that players need to arrive
The bar is high at Real Madrid, so the club aren’t resting and are working hard to work on reinforcements for next season.
David Alaba will arrive, as MARCA announced on January 19, and others will likely follow.
Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland
Real Madrid are keen on each of the two promising forwards. Los Blancos are willing to make a big move financially to sign both, should Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund be willing to sit down and talk.
Both players have already expressed an interest in joining the club.
Sell to make room
Real Madrid know that they won’t have it easy in the transfer market, and they’re aware that they’ll need to move players on in order to fund signings.
There is, though, a willingness to shift players in order to make room financially and in the squad.
Veterans and others up for sale
A lot of players will be on the market this summer, and some with big salaries like Gareth Bale, Marcelo and Isco will be free to leave the club.
Other players, such as Alvaro Odriozola, Mariano Diaz and Luka Jovic will also be offered out to clubs.
Sergio Ramos and Lucas Vazquez‘s respective situations are different, with their contracts ending on June 30. Both are facing a lot of uncertainty.
Four youngsters who won’t be sold
Some players are untouchable at Real Madrid, and won’t be sold at any price. Those players are Vinicius Junior, Fede Valverde, Rodrygo Goes and Martin Odegaard.
Needless to say, the same goes for Thibaut Courtois, Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema.
Vinicius won’t be used to sign Mbappe
The Brazilian has been linked with being on his way to Paris as a makeweight to sign Mbappe, but Real Madrid believe in their youngster and he won’t be going anywhere, under contract until 2025.
Valverde and Rodrygo are staying
The same is true for Valverde, who is 22 and under contract until 2025, while Rodrygo‘s contract is the same length and is as old as Vinicius at 20.
Odegaard’s relationship with Zinedine Zidane
The Norwegian doesn’t have the best relationship with his coach after being convinced to return last summer to sit on the bench for the first half of the season.
He’ll return from Arsenal in the summer, but at 22 and under contract until 2023, a decision will need to be made by the player himself.
Raphael Varane is an option to make money
The World Cup winner’s contract ends in 2022 and the club suspect that he doesn’t want to renew, with him not having accepted the offer they made a number of months ago.
The defender is on the verge of turning 28 and has a decade with the club behind him already, so he might be looking for a new challenge as a free agent in 2022.? Real Madrid, though, might be able to sell him this coming summer for around 70 million euros, which would allow them to sign others.
