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Strengthening the interception ability of the midfielder is a recruitment policy that anyone who has watched Real Madrid's performance last season can guess, so in the process of opening each transfer window, the names of Torreira, Ruben Neves, Santiago Ascarcibal and many other world-class defenders are always associated with the Galactic, indicating that there are still many people who understand the ball.

It's just that almost everyone knows who the number one target the Real Madrid manager wants to bring in.

In the last three or four seasons, there have been a lot of great talents in the defensive midfield, and several of the stars mentioned above are only 28 or 9 years old, in the prime of their careers, and behind them there are already a large number of newcomers such as Dutch star Ryan Gravenberch, Frenchman Claudio Gomez known as Kante III and Italy's new international Sandro Tonali have begun to steal power.

However, the name of the world's No. 1 defender is still firmly controlled by one person, and there has never been a situation of wavering. Wilfred Ndidi, the Nigerian midfielder born in December 1996, took over from N'Golo Kante after being brought to Arsenal from Leicester City by Lee Mudi that year, and became the undisputed best defensive midfielder in the world.

During his five years at the Emirates Stadium, his form has remained at a very high level and has been one of the key factors in the Gunners' ability to reach the top of the world without slipping into the doldrums so quickly.

In terms of honours, following his former mentor Li Mudi who won the shocking six crowns three years ago, and then led Nigeria to a resurgence to win the Africa Cup of Nations, and entered the top 30 of the World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or for five consecutive years (including two top-10 winners), it is fair to say that as a pure defensive player, he can proudly claim to have achieved the ultimate in everything.

Although some minor injuries and illnesses have slowly found Ndidi's body as he gets older, his beastly physicality and excellent professional attitude have allowed him to perform well for almost the entire season at a time when he is not far from his age, which is a huge contrast to the vast majority of short-lived African players.

So the combination of the world's No. 1 club and the world's No. 1 player in that position is what everyone expects or can expect.

However, what outsiders don't know is that Li Mudi actually hesitated for two days before making up his mind to attack Ndidi, mainly for two reasons.

The first is that he has been trying to build a program that values his youth when he returns to the Bernabeu, with young talents such as Martin Calderón, Mustafa Capi and Torrey Bravo, who came from Castilla and are on loan outside, and who are still playing in the development team, and these youngsters have the same skills at their feet as their Espanyol pedigree, and can play a more versatile role on the pitch than a single defensive midfielder.

However, the decision of whether to pursue current achievements or focus on future development was quickly answered after talking to Raul. In the context of Juventus, Bayern, Barcelona and other old powerhouses beginning to gradually recover, and Manchester City and other new generation giants have held the top positions in European football for many years, Real Madrid, which had played a good start in the 21st century, has fallen into a bottleneck in recent years.

Although he is regarded as the favorite to compete for the title of all competitions every year, he has never been able to really ascend to the throne, even if he regained the league crown under the leadership of Li Mudi, but the advantage is not very obvious, and it is also halfway through the Champions League, which the club attaches more importance to.

In order for the team's influence in world football not to be further amplified by other giants, Real Madrid need to play an absolutely dominant period, such as the five-year treble in 1998-2002 or the five-year quadruple in 2014-18, and reign again in the world, which is where they should be.

And after solving this problem, the second difficulty is not a big deal in the eyes of Li Mudi and Raul. Although the transfer budget for this summer was squeezed out of the previous winter window due to the high price of Pellegregri, so that Real Madrid currently only has about 30 million euros of available funds on hand, but for them who have all the abilities of the players in the team are recognized by the outside world, making up for Ndidi's transfer fee is just a matter of selling one or two people, not too easy.

Just to be able to complete this recruitment as soon as possible so that the Nigerian midfielder can join the team's training camp early, Li Mudi still suggested that Hierro make some compromises in negotiations with clubs interested in poaching from Real Madrid, so that he can recoup the funds more quickly.

As a result, on July 4, Oyarzabal's deal to join Valencia was finalized, and the Singaporean-Chinese chairman of the Bats, Lim Rong Hock, made a rare big move, paying a "sky-high" price of 50 million euros to take the depressed Spanish international from the Bernabeu.

Two days later, Villalivre, a high school striker who lost his place in the team last season due to a serious injury, also announced that he had found his next home. The former Athletic Bilbao star, who has recovered well from injury, moved to Sevilla FC for €38.5 million and will become the new leading goalscorer at the Estadio Pizjuán this season.

These two large sums of money, combined with the sale of a number of young players who have been out on loan and are not capable of meeting the requirements of the first team, have finally secured enough euros to impress Arsenal and have been allowed to negotiate with the players.

Since Ndidi has long shown his willingness to follow his former mentor to the Bernabeu, the subsequent process has also been carried out very quickly, and when the summer transfer window has just opened less than ten days and some important player transfer matters are still in the stage of mutual conflict, Real Madrid has completed the steps of strengthening the midfield, which can definitely be called a god speed.

However, with one for two, no matter how strong the beast's ability is, it cannot make up for the loss of two Spanish internationals leaving the team, and the wave of operations of the defending La Liga champions still looks a bit of a loss.

However, Li Mudi quickly allayed the fears with his next move, confirming to reporters in a temporary post-training visit that Cesar Helabert, who had just returned from loan spells, and let the 25-year-old versatile midfielder from the team's academy replace Oyarzabal as Real Madrid's permanent rotation. The team is also considering repossessing Miguel Baeza, who was sold to Malaga two seasons ago, with the summer being the deadline to trigger his 12 million buy-back clause, which could be resold for a good price even if Real Madrid are not prepared to keep him.

To be honest, although Real Madrid has done this kind of thing similar to "middlemen making the difference" before, it is indeed a little too disrespectful for the player himself, and it will also bring a great negative impression to other youth players, and will eventually be given a ruthless evaluation by the outside world, for that profit, it is really not cost-effective.

So when Hierro asked for his opinion on whether there was a place for Baesa in the team, Li Mudi still frankly expressed his opinion, believing that Real Madrid should show the spirit of the world's No. 1 club, and should not do despicable things just for petty profits.

As a result, the club director listened to the persuasion of the team manager, and after communicating with the Malaga team and Baeza himself, he abandoned the plan to buy back the winger with excellent strength and potential, which won the praise of the vast majority of the media and fans, and it can be regarded as saving some of the bad reputation caused by a series of cold-blooded operations during Lafayette's tenure.

And Li Muddy also believes that the team's current frontcourt configuration is generally enough for a season, even if there is an injury state, he still has those lads in Castile.

Elias Zidane, Jorge Solsano and Fernandez Villar, three young players who were promoted to the first team last season will still be left behind to learn from the big brothers some experience that is difficult to gain on the training ground, although their current ability is still far from a big team like Real Madrid, but the potential of more than 170 and selfless efforts have made their progress very amazing, and it is no problem to play occasionally as a substitute. It is just right for the youngsters to further integrate what they have learned off the field through official competitions.

However, Real Madrid's squad adjustment for the new season did not end here, because of the addition of Ndidi, the team has a bloated personnel in the central midfield position, and it needs to be streamlined.

After a discussion that did not take much time, Peperou, who overlapped with the role of the new signing, became a victim, even though the Real Madrid coach liked the local midfielder who he brought to Castilla with his own hands, but for the stability and peace of the atmosphere in the team's dressing room, and for the sake of the player's own development prospects, he could only choose to cut his love.

Thankfully, it turned out to be a happy affair, with Scholes hoping for a tall, tough centre-back who could also play on the offensive end, and immediately expressed his all-out offer to the club's hierarchy after receiving the news that the scouting staff had the opportunity to get Peperu.

In the end, under the coordination of Li Mudi, Coventry only paid 29.5 million euros to pocket this excellent midfielder who is evaluated as 160 current ability in the FM system, which is indeed a big profit.

Of course, Real Madrid did not suffer too much, sending this excellent player who knows each other well with the team to a foreign league, avoiding the situation of Peperu staging a counterattack.

And the transfer fee of close to 30 million euros is already a lot of money compared to the money spent when buying the player from Levante's reserve team back then. Even if it's certainly not the greatest value Peperou can bring, for a loyal fighter who has been willing to give everything to the team for the past nine years, it is more important to get him a place to go than how much profit the club can make.

From Raul's point of view, he would rather learn from Real Madrid's legendary president Bernabeu and become a humane manager, rather than being like Galeries Lafayette, who obviously made a lot of contributions to the club when he was in office, but because he was always unwilling to keep a glimmer of room in his work, he could not get the most fair evaluation after retirement, which is too much of a failure.

Returning to the topic of squad adjustments, when the summer training camp was going on until July 16, when Real Madrid was about to usher in the first warm-up game of preseason, they sold Swiss full-back Lotumba to Bundesliga powerhouse Schalke 04 for 13 million euros, and temporarily recruited 19-year-old local defender Alvaro Herrera from Castile to prepare for the first team, which officially closed the door to the transfer market.

So far, compared with the same period last year, the Galaxy Battleship has made adjustments in four positions, namely the midfielder, winger, forward and center. If it will take time to see how Herabert, who can play as both a winger and a midfielder, can completely replace Oyarzabal, then Manuel Pellegri replacing Villarivre and Ndidi replacing Peperu or Oyar are recognized upgrades.

As for Dybala's departure, although it is still very regrettable for fans, judging from the actual effect of the previous season, Real Madrid's demand for the forward position is not large, and it is completely negligible. Therefore, only comparing the overall strength of the team last summer and now, there is no doubt that the latter is stronger, so compared to last season's two league and Copa del Rey titles, and the Champions League was almost in the final, people will naturally have more expectations for how the Galaxy can perform in the 2025-26 season.

According to a recent survey from the Internet, more than 25% of the participants believe that Real Madrid has a chance to complete the treble, and more than half of them believe that they will arrive at the end of May next year, at least in terms of honors than the season that has just ended, and the proportion of people who are optimistic about them is indeed relatively rare.

And Li Mudi and his disciples did not disappoint all their supporters, in all seven warm-up games, they not only won all of them, but also played a super performance of 3.86 goals per game and 0.71 goals conceded. You must know that in addition to Standard Liege from Belgium, the warm-up opponents are all recognized Champions League powerhouses such as Lazio, CSKA Moscow, Schalke 04 and Chelsea, and the results are all brutal, so that the opponent has no hope of winning in the game.

More crucially, new signing Ndidi quickly found a rhythm with his team-mates and settled into his new environment almost effortlessly, sending chills down the backs of any team that sees Real Madrid as their main rival for the new season.

Especially in the Spanish Super Cup on August 9, the Galaxy Battleship at home defeated the sworn enemy Barcelona with a score of 3-0, which was also strengthened in the summer, showing the invincible momentum in the world, which also made all the Meilinger look forward to the new season of La Liga, which will start in a week.