With Real Madrid becoming the last team in mainstream European football to go on vacation after a parade to celebrate the success of defending the Champions League, the traditional 2026-27 season has come to an end, and at the same time, the clubs' staff are also ushering in one of the busiest periods of the year, starting with the peak turnover of staff and players.

Let's first lock the perspective on the team of the protagonist of this article, Li Mudi, because the Galaxy Battleship has changed a lot this summer.

First of all, Hierro, the director of football who has worked so hard for the world's number one club for the past four years, announced his departure on June 8 and immediately made the front page of all major domestic media such as Marca. However, no one will think that the Spanish football big man left the Bernabeu in a bad mood, because it was revealed two months ago that the Spanish ZF intends to invite him to become the new sports minister, replacing Joss Girau, who has been strongly criticized by the public for not achieving good results in many competitions in the past.

In addition to successive World Cups and European Championships, Spanish sports have also performed poorly in the four consecutive Summer and Winter Olympics in Tokyo, Beijing and Wucheng, Paris and Calgary. Regardless of whether or not the desired results can be achieved, at least this courage is still worthy of everyone's recognition.

In the face of the new prime minister's kindness, even if he has a lot of reluctance for Real Madrid Club, Hierro still agreed to take over the responsibility after weighing it for a while. Because it involves the interests of the country, Raul can only express his understanding and support, but fortunately, his connections are still very strong, and the new club director was quickly finalized, which did not delay the implementation of the squad adjustment plan that Li Mudi had just rushed out to implement in the next time.

On the afternoon of the 10th, when there was still a lot of discussion about whether Hierro, who had only football-related experience before, had the ability to control the entire sports circle in the West, Real Madrid issued a notice on its official website, announcing that the new director of football had arrived and started work immediately. Borja Valero, who came from Rafabrica and did not succeed in Italian football until the age of 27, returned to the Bernabeu after a 20-year absence, taking over the position left by Hierro.

Valero, who played in the Premier League as a player, taught himself French and Portuguese after retiring from football, and is a true linguistic genius, and his communication skills have been honed by years of experience abroad. After retiring in 2021, Valero took up administrative roles at two lower-tier Spanish clubs before joining La Liga side Celta Vigo three years later as director of football, where he played a key role in the La Liga side's rise over the past two seasons.

So after Hierro confirmed that he would go to work in the ZF department, Raul personally dialed Valero's personal phone number, and soon convinced the wanderer, who was still full of love for his parent team, to make the decision to return home.

Valero is also worthy of being in the FM system and evaluated as having more ability than Hierro, almost in the first time, most of the situation has not been figured out under the premise of various negotiations according to the general plan provided by the team manager, the effect is very good, and soon won the approval of almost all club staff, including Li Mudi.

During this off-season, the Real Madrid boss has developed a plan of impactful adjustments, not because he has nothing to do, but because there are many reasons that force him to do so. If all goes his way, who wants to toss around with a championship team that has played well two years in a row!

With Manuel Pellegri in the Champions League and La Liga's two top scorers, the team's midfield defender Ndidi, and the current first captain Marcos Llorente are no less than the salary on the existing contracts of the ten stars, which obviously no less than the salary on the existing contracts of the ten stars, it is obvious that they can no longer reflect their value on the pitch and their contribution to the team.

So just after the Champions League final, the day after Real Madrid returned to Madrid by special plane from London, Hierro, who had not officially resigned, was blown up by many agents.

According to the estimates of club professionals, the annual salary increase of these players, the signing fee and the benefit fee to the agent alone will cost Real Madrid an extra 100 million euros in cash in a month or two, which is enough to buy a La Liga promoted club at market value.

According to Raul's previous operation strategy, even if the total revenue and net profit of the Galaxy Battleship have broken the record in football history for two consecutive seasons, the general policy of controlling the salary ratio still cannot be changed rashly. The club aims to reduce the previous 64 per cent to 58 per cent by the summer of 2028 and reach around 52 per cent to 55 per cent of their best by 2031. (PS: The European Football Club Association once set an indicator for the health of a club, and the salary expenditure should not exceed 70% of the club's income, otherwise it will fall into an extremely dangerous situation)

Although the initial goal was very close last summer, it was only barely achieved after selling Asensio, a superstar who had one of the highest annual salaries in the team, and letting go of the team's former captain Varane, who was also not low-paying, because in order to retain the top name Mbappe, Real Madrid offered him a new contract with the highest total value in the team's history, even if it was already the price that the French king had made concessions.

And even if the club can still make a record high profit in the season just ended, once all the players in the team who want to change new contracts are satisfied, the salary expenditure ratio will inevitably rise to the previous level of 64% or even higher, which is something that Raul is very unwilling to see.

So after a few private exchanges, Li Mudi combined all aspects of the factors to rush to work out a list that could theoretically be cleaned, and directly handed it over to Valero, who had just arrived for less than two hours, so that a big embarrassment appeared on the latter's face, and he didn't know what to say.

Of course, the reason for any big club to sell players should not be based solely on saving wages or earning transfer fees. Even the sale of the star Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus that led to Real Madrid's trough in the 2018-20 seasons was mainly due to Lafayette's determination to make the squad younger, so he was unwilling to continue to let the president, who was 33 years old at the time, continue to hold the role of the team's standard-bearer, which made the big mistake that all Meilinger regretted.

Therefore, the players who can be on the list of Li Mudi, who can leave the team, all have their own problems before they will be "looked at differently" by the team coach, and they can be roughly divided into two categories.

First of all, it is after two consecutive years of climbing to the top of the world that the mentality begins to swell, and this type of person is the most. Some people are no longer satisfied with sharing playing time with other teammates because they claim to be world-class stars, while others are reluctant to accept the team's requirement to end their vacation early and start pre-season training camp every year because the credit book is already thick enough. In short, this group of players is basically certain to leave the Bernabeu in the next month or so, so Valero's task is to find a suitable buyer with their agent.

Then there are some of those who have made demands for salaries that are not acceptable to the club, and these players do not have to be cleared up this summer. Because everyone in the Real Madrid squad has at least two years left on their contracts, and even if they can't agree on the terms of the extension for the time being, there is still a lot of time to negotiate, and there are at least two transfer windows to operate, so it is not particularly urgent to deal with the priority.

As a result, in the next transfer market, the rumors about Real Madrid players have become extremely hot, and almost every day there will be many news on the hot search list in a timely manner, and many face-to-face news such as contract renewal, sale, and introduction have brought a lot of gimmicks and highlights to this summer without any major competitions, and also slightly improved the club's reputation in the world, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy.

Finally, less than ten days after the opening of the summer window on July 1, Real Madrid, which won five more titles last season, officially announced a series of important announcements, which almost muddied the waters of Spanish and even the entire European football world.

First of all, Pellegri successfully renewed his contract, doubling his annual salary after tax of only 11 million euros; Then Ndidi also joined the class with an annual salary of 20 million and became one of the cores of the team to get the second-tier salary. From this alone, it can be seen that Raul has a broader mind and a more long-term vision than his predecessor Galeries Lafayette. The latter previously sold the Frenchman to Chelsea because he was unwilling to raise the salary of the main defender at the time, Makelele, which directly led to the collapse of the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship.

And Raul is very clear that the value of a player does not lie in his position on the field, the Nigerian midfielder is too important for the current Real Madrid, so even if Ndidi's agent proposed a contract renewal condition that is a bit excessive in the eyes of outsiders, it was quickly agreed after negotiations.

After tackling these two contract renewals, which everyone saw as difficult, the rest of the players did not need to worry too much, as they were basically members of the club's direct line who had a deep affection for the club and almost never considered the possibility of leaving the Bernabeu on their own initiative. But even so, the Real Madrid management did not deliberately reduce the returns they should get because of the emotional bias of these players, unlike other giants who always make big foreign superstars and thin their own youth training behavior, Raul's attitude towards his own people is still very lenient, which is one of the reasons why the club's overall salary expenditure has increased significantly after this round of contract renewal operations.

The team's veterans, first captain Marcos Llorente and second captain Vallejo, each received an annual salary of 12 million euros after tax; The team's spiritual leader, Febas, also has 10.5 million; Not to mention Rodrygo, who is second only to Mbappe and Manuel Pellegri in attacking importance, and despite making some concessions to ease the burden on the club, the Brazilian winger still earns a net salary of 17.5 million euros a year, in addition to nearly a dozen bonus clauses, which together can earn a place in the list of modern players.

As for the players who have not been able to negotiate a price with the club, or who are no longer part of Limdy's plans for the new season, they quickly found the most reliable one from the many transfer rumours surrounding them to finalize it, and they will wear the shirts of other teams before the official start of the 2027-28 season, and will no longer have any connection with the Bernabeu.

However, they must not be in a bad mood when they go to report to their new club, because not only can they get a better salary and more playing time, but they also don't have to end their holidays early every year to return to team training, and which is more important than the championship or honor, then you need to analyze the pros and cons of the gains and losses.

The 30-year-old Spanish international left-back Aaron Martin has switched to Fulham, a Premier League team that is still throwing money in the transfer market, for 24.8 million euros, and has chosen to go abroad to pan for gold at this age, so everyone can basically guess how much of the veteran's ambition for glory is left under the influence of the economy.

After selling the main player who has occupied the main position in the team since Marcelo's departure, Li Mudi first handed over the No. 3 shirt to Álvaro Fernandez, who is no less than Aaron in ability, and then paid 6.5 million euros to recycle Real Madrid youth academy Miguel Gutiérrez, who joined Parma three years ago. The latter, who has just turned 26 and is a defensive specialist who is heavy on defense and light on attack, can perfectly complement the schedule of Fernandes, who has excellent assist ability, and the effect on paper is more balanced than when Aaron stayed with the team before.

The departure of Uruguay international Ernesto Valverde came as a bit of a surprise, as the 29-year-old midfielder has been an important part of the team's rotation for the past eight years, playing in midfield, midfield and midfield, and has always been one of the first to deal with when a coach needs to change things on the pitch. However, it was this summer that his agent, the frustrated Raiola, gave an ultimatum to the club's new director and manager that if he could not be given a regular place in the new season, he would have to accept the consequences of losing the excellent midfielder.

In the end, after perhaps the shortest negotiations of the transfer period, Raiola spent €37 million on Lazio, one of Italy's strongholds, to bring to Rome's Osdicage Stadium the usual unremarkable but often problematic player at crucial moments.

In order to fill the position left by the departure of the Uruguayan star, Li Mudi once again chose to reclaim his own lineage, and at the cost of 8 million euros plus a loan right of a Castilla youngster, he won Sergio Arribas, who led Real Madrid's youth team to the Under-19 Champions League runners-up.

Due to his height and technical characteristics, Alibas, who previously played for Leganes, has always had the title of "Little Xavi" in Spanish football, but it is naturally a weakened version. However, the double values of 159 and 162 given by the FM system also prove that this player with excellent passing ability and overall vision still has the strength to contribute to the team in some special games, so the club is still very optimistic about this personnel turnover.