El Real Madrid was decided by David Alaba. BRAND exclusively anticipated the signing on January 18. The whites were clear that they had to strengthen the defense, given the possibility that either Ramos or Varane would pack their bags in June. The captain has already done so and it remains to be seen if Varane will do so.
Last May, Madrid made the signing official. The club sees the Austrian as central, but the debate is open, because the player is open to playing in other positions and he does not like to define himself as central. In fact,in his head is also playing midfielder, as you have done with your selection in the last Eurocup, and as it has done on more occasions. His exhibition before Macedonia, playing free despite the fact that he was occupying a position in the core, shows that he is a versatile signing.
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Ancelotti knows Alaba well. But it will be necessary to see where the Italian thinks that the ex of the Bayern is more interesting in the white club. To get started, it was he himself as coach of Madrid who recommended his signing to reinforce the left side. It did not happen, but when the Italian reached the Bayern he continued betting on Alaba on the left wing. During the 60 games that the Italian was in charge of the Bavarian team, David Alaba played 52 games and only 11 of them did so as a central defender at the end of his time in Munich.
It will also depend on the needs of Real Madrid. Today there are more deficiencies in the center of the rear, and more if Varane ends up leaving, but there is also no natural replacement of housemiro since they left Llorente. On the left side, it seems that Marcelo and Mendy they will compete for the position.
But the player seems that he has always been determined to play in the middle since he decided that I didn’t want to be a left back, the position he has occupied the most throughout his career, with 247 games according to transfermarkt, 116 as a center back and 100 in midfield, distributed as follows: 68 as a midfielder, 10 as a pivot, 17 as a left inside, 4 as a midfielder. inside right and 1 as far right.
This is how Madrid presents Alaba: free-kick goals, forcefulness, speed … and even a panenka!
Condition to sign
It was with Guardiola that Alaba sat down as central, but the idea of advancing his position never went out of his head. In fact, as he pointed out The Parisian last January, when PSG was bidding with Madrid for the signing, the player put as a condition for both teams to sign to play in the midfield.
The footballer does not like to be pigeonholed as a centerHe has made it clear again with his selection during the Eurocup, although he wants to play first and foremost: “For a long time I played as a left back in the Bayern; Most recently I played as a central defender, before that I played in midfield from time to time. What does favorite position mean? I’m happy to play where I can help the most, “he said to UEFA.com. And he showed above all his pleasure to play free as he has done with Austria: “You have a lot of influence in the game in this position in both directions, in attack and defense.” This is how he sees it, we will have to see how Madrid sees it … and Carletto.
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