Real Madrid Strategically Navigating Next Signing: Mbappé or Haaland?

Real Madrid’s next strategic signing is being cooked over low heat and with the tranquility that comes with having hit the target with the last one. This brilliant start to the Bellingham era in Chamartín has relieved pressure on Madrid. The entity feels that the Englishman is qualified to be the next great media star on the planet, complementary in the field of Vinicius and also outside, due to his profile more oriented to the Anglo-Saxon world. Decisive goals (10 in as many games, an average of one goal every 85 minutes of play) and power of attraction that allow Madrid not to remember another tortuous summer, the past, with the Mbappé affair.

What’s more, the club conducts internal surveys on the different names on the market. He also feels the feelings of the social mass when he speaks out in the media. Mbappé’s (24 years old) shares among Real Madrid fans are trading very low. Haaland’s (23) are still very high. The Norwegian killer would a priori have a better ‘fit’ in the current model of the white team than the French superstar. The pure figure of nine remains, with the permission of Joselu’s goals, vacant…

Jude Bellingham entrenando con Inglaterra. MATTHEW CHILDSAction Images via Reuters

Madrid has not let go of Mbappé, far from it, but his incorporation is not a lifesaver. What’s more, now the white club has regained a certain power over the situation. “Madrid offers glory, it guarantees a seriousness that produces results,” they say from the club. In other words: Mbappé must choose between continuing in a project that continues to show signs of instability or joining another, Madrid, always a contender for the Champions League and with several of the most thriving young stars on the planet in harmony. Who needs the other more, Madrid needs Mbappé or vice versa?

What seems evident is that the ups and downs of this new PSG under Luis Enrique are affecting the Parisian number 7. In addition to the setback against Newcastle in the Champions League, a serious warning for the team’s European aspirations, they have hit a scoring slowdown in Ligue1. There are three consecutive games (Olympique de Marseille, Clermont and Rennes) without seeing a goal.

Luis Enrique and Mbappé, in a PSG match.GONZALO FUENTESREUTERS

The erosion of Mbappé’s image in the eyes of Real Madrid has been matched by Haaland’s increasing momentum. The Nordic giant comes from breaking records last season (52 goals in 53 games, with the record for goals in the Premier), now faces the Spanish National Team (this Sunday, 8:45 p.m.) and his surroundings remain mysterious about the clause to be free next summer. As the attacker’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta, told AS, his clients “always have the key to the door to leave.” Madrid’s power of seduction will have to be greater than with Mbappé because Haaland will not be a free agent in any case (that financially limits the club in the particular negotiation with the forward) and City is offering him sporting guarantees. He is trying to combine the financial incentive with a potential offer until 2028 that would make him the highest paid in the Premier League.

Bellingham was always, in the eyes of Madrid, the luxury hinge towards the arrival of a global star. But this strategic signing has become a supernova in its own right in just three months. The next one, Mbappé or Haaland, will have to share the spotlight with Jude.

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2023-10-12 03:15:25
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