NO Real Madrid Players in Spain's World Cup Squad 😱 Alvarez Wants Barcelona? | @davetalksmadrid

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:03]So ladies and gentlemen, listen before we start the show, before we start the podcast, I do have to first of all, guys, apologize. Not only because we're late, but also guys, I would like to apologize for Dave's background. I'm sorry that you guys have to I I'm sorry that I have to subject you guys to seeing that absolute I mean, listen, man, that that view looks absolutely beautiful, man. I'm not going to lie, man. Like, >> beautiful. Beautiful view. Beautiful.

[00:00:31]>> But listen guys, big up to every single one of you guys. As always guys, big up to every single one of you guys. Welcome guys to yet another episode of Madrid podcast, ladies and gentlemen.

[00:00:43]And listen, there's going to be a lot to talk about, man. Because even though the season has officially ended, some people are happy, some of us are sad because, you know, it's been a great domestic season. But listen, the drama doesn't end. There is still a lot to talk about when it comes to these two great clubs, especially Real Madrid. Real Madrid are the keep on getting there. Like there is never enough content when it comes to Real Madrid. We're going to get to all of it. But listen, before we get started, make sure you guys smash the like button, subscribe to channel, turn on notifications, and obviously guys, you guys know my co-host for the Madrid Vasa podcast, man. Like Dave Talks Madrid in the building. Dave Rosski.

[00:01:23]Yeah.

[00:01:24]>> How are you, man? Enjoying that Spanish?

[00:01:26]>> Yeah, good, mate. Good. As per usual, as you know, we're outside um the most prolific stadium in the world. So, this is obviously going to be the time for me to to gloat even though we can some aspects of our business and Real Madrid, what we do on a year-by-year basis.

[00:01:45]Obviously, Barcelona won as we know, and this is obviously leading onto my live stream later on why I'm worried about next season, but I'm sure we have a lot to talk about uh outside um the Rena, what's happening right now with the elections and everything and obviously the national team being called up and no singular Spanish player is being selected. So, I'm very happy about all this and yeah, we we have a lot to talk about. We have a lot to talk about.

[00:02:15]>> Of course, man. Of course. Listen, make sure you guys smash the like button, subscribe to the channel, turn on notifications, and yeah, listen, let's get straight into it, man. Let's not even waste any time, guys. Look, I mean, I have never seen it in my lifetime. I never thought I would see it, but it's actually happened. It actually happened. I cannot believe when I saw the Spanish squad and I saw the squad. Amazing. It's amazing. It's amazing, mate.

[00:02:45]>> No, no, no, no, no.

[00:02:46]>> Amazing. It's absolutely amazing. I'm so happy. Deafuente, you done us all a favor in not selecting one singular Real Madrid player for the Spanish squad. I'm so excited that we don't have bozos out there playing for this for this Spanish national side in a World Cup, the biggest World Cup that we've ever seen, more teams than ever before, more matches than ever before. And this is what I was talking about. This is the kind of thing that we need to have a manager that's going to make the hard decisions. And he has made the hard decisions, guys. He's made the hard decision to drop a lot of our players because let's call it as this. Carreras, how is he? [ __ ] Dean Hson, how is he trash? Carvajal can't stay fit to save his life. Thank you for all the memories, but you can't stay fit, bro.

[00:03:37]Yeah. Gossal Garcia nowhere near a lot of the prolific strikers that we've been sending to obviously the the World Cup.

[00:03:45]Even Bora Glesius is better than Gossell Garcia.

[00:03:48]Let's call it the rest of the players as well. Fran Garcia trash mate as well.

[00:03:52]Like do I need to put a number on it? Do I need to put on how many players in our Real Madrid squad who are Spanish? All trash. Thiago trash. Cesterero trash.

[00:04:03]All the young guns from Castillia trash.

[00:04:06]So, I'm happy, mate. I'm happy Deaf Fuente selected no singular Spanish player from Real Madrid is the most exciting news I've heard all flipping season. And that he selected eight players from Barcelona is also the most exciting news because they won La Liga.

[00:04:23]They did their duties. They know how to play Deaf Fuentes football. When we're talking about players in the Spanish national squad that are to play exciting, fast, attractive football with good transition, good pace up the pitch in terms of the pass and move, you don't look to Real Madrid, you look to Barcelona, you look to other teams in Spain. You don't look to the most laziest, the most unwork ethic, the most shambolic, the most horrendous football you've ever seen from a Spanish side in donkey's years in Real Madrid. We play the worst football. We play the slowest, most lethargic football. We don't even know which way we're turning to. We cannot even work as a team. So what's the point of even sending any Spanish player? Deaf looked at us and said, "These guys are absolute bozos." And absolutely amazing. Amazing that Garcelo Garcia, the likes of Fran Garcia, the likes of Carreras, the likes of Dean Hen, the likes of all these bozo Spanish players that we have in our team and not going to the World Cup. Thank you, Lord.

[00:05:27]Thank you, sir de Laente, for not taking any singular player from this Real Madrid stink festival team. Thank you very much.

[00:05:39]I mean, look, I I can't >> They're all trash, Omar. They're all trash.

[00:05:44]>> Look, man. Okay, so let me give you my honest opinion.

[00:05:48]>> I can't I can't explain Gabby. I got to I can't explain like >> and I can't explain Jerro Martin not going, but I I tell you what I can do is I can I can Yeah, I can literally say that Real Madrid frauds all of them.

[00:06:05]Complete and utter fra mate.

[00:06:08]Look, look. I'll tell you this right now, man. I told people I told You know what's funny? I actually told people this was going to happen day when Gabby returned from his injury. I told everyone my guy was returning back to sleeping spot. I said, "Dude, remember this guy suffered his basically took him out for most of last season and this season, right, was because of an injured he international duty." De Laente has always loved Gabby. He's always loved having Gabby in his party, bro. like this like before I was tell last season remember there was a time he was playing more for the Spanish national team than he played for Barcelona >> and I was telling people I was like guys if he is fit for the World Cup he's getting on that plane even though I don't think he deserves to be in the plane this this season right like you mentioned he's not 100% he's barely even started this season for Barcelona he's what I think what four or five games this season right and that was just recently right but I told him I said guys the moment his stuff 90 minutes left in the spot like the market and no surprise surprise guys he's in the spot I am not surprised at all that he he was called up but look I'm going to be very honest man this the fact that there's no Madrid players in this team is crazy to me because that's never happened that's never happened in the entire Spanish world cup history unless you audience at least had one at least one in the team right like you've been supporting Madrid for a long We do have mate Victor Munos, bro.

[00:07:40]>> Yeah, he technically is a major. I guess I mean if you claim him, but but I'll tell you this right now, right? When I when I looked at this squad, right, I think, okay, I'm going be very honest. Defensively, I'm very surprised that a guy like D didn't get in the squad. I'll tell you why. Because I don't think he's a great player. I don't think he right. I think that there's some defenders right now that are better in this squad. But when you look at stylistically how Deaf likes his defenders to kind of be, you know, put on the ball and all that, right? I think would be one of those players I would say he would have wanted. I'm not surprised that he's leaving the bench for the for the for the for this team.

[00:08:19]But it's quite interesting. It's quite interesting. I mean, Carvajal, I do hear it cuz Carvajal has been there, right?

[00:08:23]This season he's had injury issues, right? He hasn't really played that much, right? But it's very interesting because many people might be like, well, you know, he is one of the leaders, he's a veteran, you know, he's one of the older guys, experienced players in this national team, right? You might have just brought him in for the experience.

[00:08:40]I do understand that, too. Carreras, I'm not going to lie, I was surprised by that. I thought he was one of those players that would have made would have made the world >> trash. I think I think he I think his performances dropped off and I think that drop off compared to Grimaldo and compared to Korea, he's nothing. What's taking him?

[00:08:59]>> Grimmald and Kukur are better than him.

[00:09:02]>> On the right hand side on the right.

[00:09:04]>> Kukur, have you seen him this season for Kukur is better than him. Trust me on this one. Yeah. Pubil. Yeah. Marcos.

[00:09:12]No question shouted of a doubt. Even Pedro Porro. Yeah. Is better than an unfit Kvaja.

[00:09:17]>> Dude, Pedro Poro made this squad, bro.

[00:09:22]>> Oh my. YO, I WAS TELLING YOU FOR relegation Dave.

[00:09:27]He's not fit.

[00:09:29]>> I mean, okay. I mean, if that's the case, then I get it because he's not that fit.

[00:09:34]>> He can get injured next next game. Like, what's the point of taking a player that could potentially get injured? You need fit and healthy players. Why take Carvajal?

[00:09:42]>> Why?

[00:09:44]>> I mean, I mean, I I I I get I mean, the midfield I do understand like cuz you guys really do not play Spanish at all.

[00:09:52]and I think dominating in that department in the attack. I'm not going to lie, I was surprised that Gonzalo Garcia would even make this squad.

[00:10:01]>> Actually, you know what it is, right? I think Gonzalo Garcia is one of those guys who I don't know, Dave. I feel like eventually he might need to make a decision on his future, especially if you know, End returns, right? Because I think that Gonzalo say if he goes to a club where he's given an opportunity to play regularly, I think he can make a shout to be uh SK number nine because Spain don't really have like good number nines, right? I mean for God's sake guys starts every week for for for for them.

[00:10:29]You know he's going to start in the World Cup. This guy barely even starts in my country and it tells you a lot, right? The quality when it comes to strikers for the national team is not really that good. But the fact that he's not really that good and they still didn't call Gonzalez is interesting to me. But I'll be honest with you, I I would I'm very interested to see how this World Cup I mean listen, I'm definitely keeping an eye on it because I do want Spain to win the World Cup to be honest, right? So >> it's basically Barcelona's team, bro.

[00:10:58]>> Obviously, >> it's basically Barcelona. Barcelona mixed with a bit of BBA here and there mixed with some Atletico Madrid and that's it. That's what Spain's team is.

[00:11:07]is Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, and BBA.

[00:11:10]That's what the team is. So, and and obviously Rodri from Man City. That's it. Simple.

[00:11:16]>> Simple. What can we say? And obviously Fabian Ruiz for PSG.

[00:11:20]>> Amazing.

[00:11:21]>> Yeah.

[00:11:22]>> Amazing. We've got one of the best midfield. We got one of the best midfields in world.

[00:11:26]>> I'm not going to lie to be honest. I think I think I think that the squad he actually was absolutely even though I was surprised there was no difference in the squad. Guys like Victor Mun was making the squad was surprising to me.

[00:11:37]You brought Bahaz Glazius which I think was a good smart was a good call because you know what it is those are the kind of calls that kind of goes everyone's over everyone's head because they're like waiting but people don't realize he's a he's like a traditional number nine which is >> absolutely >> exactly so I'm like you know what it is it's a smart it's a smart call because if they're playing games where let's say Fernanes is going missing which he has this tendency of doing you could always lump the ball to to to uh Boes and we know he's going to Like that's a good touch for a striker, right? He's very his touch is pretty good, right? He can handle himself. He's not the striker that can be bullied easily. You understand what I mean? Right.

[00:12:15]>> Played well against Barcelona first game at home.

[00:12:18]>> Very well against Barcelona.

[00:12:20]>> That's what I'm saying, right? He's got he's a he's a he's a bully when it comes to strikers, right? And if you believe if you're dealing with certain defense like when you're dealing with like defense and you have like Gimenez and Aaho who you know are very physical defenders in that kind of game you're going to need a Bhai glencius to play in the number nine you understand what I mean right be that bully in that in that in that in that attack right >> yeah absolutely so we need we need that players like that we definitely need players like that I I don't know like I don't know where Omar's gone his internet's probably bugged out but as you can see guys we're outside the ben Babe, as per usual, sipping on these beers, mate.

[00:13:00]Sipping on Real Madrid tears, mate. As per usual. The reason I'm sipping on Real Madrid tears is because of the selection process. So, it is unbelievable that obviously Real Madrid players have not been selected. And I'm all for it. I'm all for it, guys. Yeah, I'm all for it because Spain need actually good players to play this this World Cup. You need actually good players to play this World Cup. So I I'm I'm here for it. I'm here for DeFuente.

[00:13:27]I'm here for what you want to study with the team. And you need players also stylistically that can play Deaf Fuentes game. No Real Madrid player can play Deaf Fuentes game. High press, possession base, very quick transition.

[00:13:39]They can't play Def's game. I'm sorry.

[00:13:41]None of them can. Real Madrid's football is based now around building the ball into no man's land, passing it into no man's land, just scumbagging your way to victories. That's what Real Madrid got.

[00:13:54]Scumbag our way to victories. That's it.

[00:13:55]Simple.

[00:13:56]>> So, what can we say?

[00:13:57]>> I mean, >> yeah. I mean, look, it's a very it's a very brave brave call, brave squad. And look, the point I think that if there's if there's one thing he's proven, at the end of the day, he won the Euros, right?

[00:14:10]to build his squad. He brought, you know, the squad he brought in the Euros.

[00:14:14]A lot of people were looking at that squad thinking that this squad can do it and then that team there with everybody, right, to win to win to win it. So, it's going to be interesting. It's going to be very interesting. I think he's picked a very good squad and I'm excited. I do hope that, you know, they go on to do it in the World Cup 100%, man. But guys, in the comment section, let us know, guys, what you guys think about the mad the the Spain squad not having the Madrid players. And it's crazy cuz I think only seven out of a potential 29 players were called up for their countries in the World Cup. That is crazy. Like guys like Trent also missed out on the World Cup.

[00:14:50]>> Like that that is that is insane. Like he like I'm not going to lie. I mean >> Reese James is better. Reese James is better.

[00:14:56]>> I'm not I mean look, can I just say this now? cuz you you you obviously you obviously also English but when you look at the England squad too I was I'm not going to lie man that England squad looks that England squad look man like guys like the Louis Hall missed out in the squad right he called guys like I mean I mean Palmer Phil these guys missed out brought Rashford back into the squad right is out of the squad too which is insane because he actually had a good end of the season it's not like he was poor he was actually pretty good Right. I mean, all the years that he was criticized for being in the squad. The fact that he missed out when I was actually doing RA is crazy. But I'm not going to lie. I I I am very interested.

[00:15:40]>> Trend does Trent doesn't deserve to be in the English world. He hasn't played enough games. Ree James is much better than Trent Alexander as a right back. We know that already. So, there's a no-brainer that Trent wasn't selected.

[00:15:51]Like, we need an actual proper right back in there. And Reys James is the guy. Absolutely. You know, >> interesting. Interesting. I mean, look, I mean, I'm not going to lie. I'm not surprised he didn't make the squad cuz remember, he didn't he he didn't even get called up in there last time. And that's why people were starting to wonder if he would have even been doing the work squad because he wasn't even called up, right? But we will we we will see, man. But I'm excited to see the Spanish squad. Guys like Victor Munoz, I would like to see more from them.

[00:16:16]>> Yo selected very good. I like Yep. He's very good. Crystal >> Palace Jeremy Pino. Yes, he's a very good winger. Very underrated. I >> very underrated. I am I'm really I am really heartbroken because Lopez missed out on this squad cuz so well >> yeah but the injury man >> I know right I'm like I'm like that's a big loss for for he was actually he was he was so good at the end of this >> he was going to be he's going to be one of the he was one of my standard out candidates for being one of the best players at this World Cup but the injury killed him and Isco I mean sorry Isco um sorry Danny Elmo sorry my bad Isco Um, probably could have made it if apart from any players to be honest. Yeah, Daniel Mo. Um, great player for Spain.

[00:17:05]Can easily play Force N as well for Spain. He's done it in the past.

[00:17:08]>> Um, so I could definitely see him introduce that as well. Um, obviously Nicl Williams is it's a bit of a weird one. That's definitely a weird one. But >> if Deluente trusts him, don't phone him.

[00:17:22]I'm sorry to say this. I know people are going to overlook this, but I think should have been in the squad. I mean for the squad that he picked, right? Cuz he was picking players based on their for their performances. I think that's why squad, right?

[00:17:36]>> Yeah.

[00:17:37]>> I'm not going to lie, bro. Out of all the Spanish attackers, Anuati has potentially had the best second half of the season.

[00:17:43]>> Like the way he was, I mean, I think he was in the in the list of players that could have been in the World Cup. I'm surprised because I was like >> maybe because you know De Laenter didn't call him up during the qualifiers and playing he hasn't played for a long time and maybe that's why maybe he kind of look looked at and thought maybe came in it's going to take a while before he's kind of inate the squad and all this maybe that's why we didn't follow him up but you know at the end of the day I hope that you know and you know has a great future cuz he he still got time he still has time to make the next World Cup which is going to be in Spain right so you It's going to be interesting, man. I'm very very much interested to see how this uh works for this part. I'm very excited. But Dave, let's actually talk about something before we get to the right. There's something that's been going on. I This kind of flew over my head when I've been busy. I've not really had a lot of time to look at the news. But >> basically, there's election happening in a few weeks.

[00:18:42]>> Yeah. My birthday. My birthday. My birthday. Dude, I'm just like, wait a minute. You're telling me what in two weeks?

[00:18:50]>> Two weeks. There's a there's a election in two weeks.

[00:18:54]>> So, obviously the candidate and the government actually came out. He was going in. He said that interesting stuff, right? He was talking about, you know, the players that he wants to bring in. And he's been talking about the structure of the club and, you know, where the club is right now and where he feels that, you know, the club needs to go in a different direction, which I saw your video. You were talking about it. You were kind of, you know, agreeing with this point, which a lot of good fans do agree with you. They feel like maybe, you know, it's time for the club to go to a different >> change. A change. A change. Yeah.

[00:19:26]>> A change because it's been this has been the same structure for a long time.

[00:19:31]>> What is your opinion, man? cuz I I feel like maybe you are you know obviously you are pro MDK you want to come in.

[00:19:39]What did you what did you take from the interview? Were you kind of excited with some of the things he said because he's saying the right stuff to >> it's just to it's just to get a any positive change whatsoever and I'm explain it later after this stream obviously on my live at the ben stream. Yes.

[00:19:59]>> Is why I'm worried for Real Madrid next season because if Florentino Perez, >> let's say he gets back into the presidency, which he probably will and a lot of suitors probably still have faith in him.

[00:20:14]He's he's basically throwing different smoke screens around the place to disguise the fact that the last two years have been ultra [ __ ] Yeah. And a lot of the problems are down to him because he didn't recruit in the right places. He decided to bring a striker in Mbappe that we didn't need at the moment. We needed players, other players that we wanted to bring in that should have brought in that were completely needed at that specific time and point.

[00:20:41]When Cruz left, we needed it. When Modric left, we needed it. We needed someone to replace those players. Yeah, we didn't need a striker cuz Bellingham done an exceptional job in the 10 slash shadow striker with Rodrigo and with Vinnie. He done an exceptional job.

[00:20:59]Yeah. And it was great season double Champions League Liga. So come now we look at Real Madrid and we're saying is Florentina Perez really going to recruit in the right areas? If he doesn't, that's where I'm worried because if he tries to do the Galactic thing and stop signing big players or so or even sign no players that are of any significance to Real Madrid, look at last year's summer window.

[00:21:27]We signed a trash left back, a trash center back. We signed a right back in Trent Alexander Arnold that got injured very, very quickly and was out for lengthy spells. Yeah. And we signed a right winger/10 or whatever in Franco Mastanto. That is godforsakenly [ __ ] So did he >> a lot of money by the way.

[00:21:52]>> Yeah. And I'm saying his footballing brain to sign all those players is not right. I'm sorry. He doesn't know which players to sign. He has his advisers on which players to sign. Mourinho may come in and ask him which players to sign.

[00:22:09]Fine, fine, fine.

[00:22:11]But let's be honest, this one, does he really know himself? Does he really know? Because the whole talk about Rodri, the whole talk about other players. Look, the whole thing that we could have bought in Angelo Stila, it was hot news and we didn't because Paris bloody thought probably his nose he was too ugly to play for Real Madrid or something. This guy, he was the image material.

[00:22:34]>> Yeah, he was the image. He was in the image material for Real Madrid. That's probably what Perez is for. I'm sorry.

[00:22:39]Yeah. Angelo Stila was the hottest topic prospect for Real Madrid to sign. Cruz said Real Madrid should sign Angela Stiller and Perez didn't even listen to any of it. I'm sorry. This guy has no footballing play brain at all. He's plain dead idiot when it comes to footballing things. When we're talking about managers in the past that recruited that wanted players to come in and settle in, fine. Yeah. You had Mourinho who was kind of the instigator behind Modric coming in. Yeah. Very very big part of it. And Modric became one of our best players of all time in the history of Real Madrid.

[00:23:16]>> Yes.

[00:23:16]>> So I'm I'm sorry. I'm sorry. When you're talking about these players that came into the club, they are simply not good enough. Dean House is not good enough.

[00:23:25]Carrera is not good enough. Trent Alexander Arnold, I'm sorry. You literally got Trent Alexander Arnold at the end of his career. Yeah, that's the he's going to be at his end of his career very soon.

[00:23:36]>> I don't care, mate. He's at his end his career. He's at his end, mate. He doesn't look as fluid as he did a couple of years ago. There's something fishy about Trent Alexander Arnold.

[00:23:44]Defensively, he's not good enough. And then we have all the problems internally within the locker room when Perez never addressed it. This guy takes no accountability at all.

[00:23:52]>> He takes no accountability at all for >> his issues. No, >> no accountability.

[00:24:00]you know, >> I mean, yeah, I mean, that is definitely a good point, right? I mean, listen, it's going to be interesting. I'm going to be keeping my eye. Make sure you guys, you know, obviously we're going to direct to uh Dave stream, guys, where he's going to go in depth, right, talking about this whole situation. So, make sure you guys go check it out. But look, from a boss's perspective, I would rather you guys keep Perez because I'll be honest, right? I feel like Perez at his at this point in his career at Real Madrid now, he's just sounding delusional like he's just sounding like he he sounds so out of touch. You understand? You know, sometimes like you know when >> Yes.

[00:24:39]>> That's what I'm saying, right? Like like you saw even with like guys like Bena and all these guys when they got to a point where they things that were working in the past weren't working anymore. They just started sounding out of touch. They started talking about like the past and they was talking about this and they refused to adapt, right?

[00:24:55]And I feel like for people like you, you kind of understand, listen, there's an error. Every manager, every president, every man goes through this. Even guys like Laora, don't get it twisted. Right?

[00:25:05]If you look at Laapora's first reign, he left. If Raporta stayed any longer, he might have ruined his legacy. We don't know because if people because people forget around until the end of Laora's time in 2010, a lot of people were beginning to turn on Laora. He left at the right time when people were beginning to turn. So people forgot.

[00:25:22]People remember the good years.

[00:25:24]Sometimes that's what you got to do, man. Because when you stick around, you stick around long enough to tarnish what good you made. And the thing with front is this dude refuses to change and he's sitting there making excuses. when you're sitting there watching after your season your season has been complete mess right internal fighting right going through another trophyless season going through all of this and you're not even going to address it YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ADDRESS the fact that it's been a poor season you're not addressing the fact that it's not good enough THAT THERE IS DRAMA IN the more drama coming out of your club than actual footballing stuff right you're not addressing this you choose to overlook it completely to talk about negra Talk about V. Talk about referees. Like dude, at the end of the day, if like at the end of the day, that's not what a fan wants to hear. The fan wants to hear the president call out his home players, call out his club, call out everybody to know. Okay. Okay. I'm glad that you said this cuz now I know we got big plans coming up in the summer. But when you do nothing and you sit there and make all these excuses, everyone's going to be like, "Okay, man. This guy needs to go cuz you're not giving me any any answers. I thought you you were going to do this press conference to give me answers, but you're not giving me answers. Just give me excuses. That's not what I want to hear at this point after this [ __ ] season I've I've seen.

[00:26:43]You feel me? But that's what it is.

[00:26:45]That's what it is. But guys, I'm going to make let the rest of it continue on Dave's channel. I don't want to uh you know, hijack and you know, I want you guys to go check out what he says on his stream. But Dave, let's do the final topic before we do get out of here because I know you gota you know, do your streaming very very soon. I'll directly say to you, but let's quickly talk about it, man. Quick breaking news.

[00:27:04]Uh this came out this like literally late last night, right? I didn't have a time to to to record it today, but Julian Alvarez, uh Dave, right, apparently he has made the formal request to leave. He said that he wants to, you know, he's he wants to leave and all the talks, all the points are pointed at him want to join Barcelona.

[00:27:26]It seems that, you know, he only wants to join us. And look, a part of me is definitely happy because when you do a transfer request, then all of a sudden now, you know, it uh it's it's uh yeah, maybe maybe we might be able to get him on a good deal. I'm not saying we're going to get him on a cheap never said we're going to get him on a cheap, but I think we'll get him for a good deal for what, you know, the occupation be asking for because they asking for like 150, but I have not spent 150 on on Union offers. Absolutely not. But let me ask you, you know, because you know, you are one of those Madrid fans that can be objective. Let me ask you this. Do you, what do you think about this deal? Do you think that Barcelona, you know, do you think that Barcelona will sign him in the summer or do you think that, you know, Atletico Madrid are just going to, you know, stand on their two feet and say, "No, we're going to >> He's leaving, mate.

[00:28:14]>> He's leaving.

[00:28:15]>> He's leaving."

[00:28:16]>> Yeah, I think he's leaving. Do you know why? Because Alvarez wants to think more than just playing for Simeone. He doesn't want to feature in that. We've seen many players before go from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona, but the situation is is that Alvarez is a player that is very hungry for trophies. You can see that by his mannerisms, everything that he wants in the pitch everything. If he was in the Champions League final, maybe he would have stayed maybe. But there's something about Alvarez that just doesn't sit right for me in Alim's team. He's much more talented than that as a as a player. his statistics don't really show it in terms of entirety of the season across all comps. I think he could have done much better in terms of finishing especially in La Liga. But for me personally that um I think I think Alvarez is a player that wants to play for a better side and if Barcelona is there to take that up then and the opportunity to sign him for big bucks then so be. If Laora makes him as a priority signing, fine. But Laora should think elsewhere also. I think the attack is okay. I think the defense is more of importance. I don't think that Alvarez should be the priority for Barcelona. I think the defense should be the priority for Barcelona because if they steady that defense, then they could do something. They do need a number nine. I've got to say they do.

[00:29:35]But it's it's it's not the most priority. The defense is the priority for Barcelona, especially when it comes to handsy flicks tactics and how he plays. To go for the Champions League, you need to have some defending unit that's amazing at every single competition and squad depth as well.

[00:29:52]Like squad def is not much of a problem for Barcelona. But >> yeah, Alvarez, Alvarez is good, but are you going to risk spending that much money on Alvarez and then not have the likelihood to sign a defender? That's a problem.

[00:30:06]Yeah, >> but you reached the one-on-one rule now.

[00:30:08]So, I don't I don't see I don't see a problem for Barcelona to spend.

[00:30:13]>> We can I think we can be able to afford to buy him. But like you mentioned, man, I if we sign if we decide to make him our priority sign, we spend over 100 plus on him.

[00:30:23]>> That's going to become an issue cuz that means that we're going to miss out on a lot of other signings that we're going to make, especially defense.

[00:30:29]>> And that's why I'm looking at him like for me focus on the defense. Like bro, I've said this so many times and I feel like it's not going to happen. I think that at the end of the day, Barcel going to prioritize getting a forward first, right? And then when we bring in the forward at some point during the middle of the transfer window, then then bas defenders, you feel me? And the way you know, you know, the way Hans Flick and you know the club have been talking, man, I'm not they're not with any confidence. They really are not because evidently, you know, they're talking about trying to keep Rashford, right?

[00:31:08]There's a we want to keep Rashford, right? There's a we want to prioritize getting a forward, right? Bastonia now looks like, you know, he's like apparently now Mourinho is interested in bringing in Baston. We've kind of cooled off on him. Like, dude, this is not the things I wanted to hear.

[00:31:24]>> And genuinely, it worries me. It worries me, Dave. I'm not gonna lie. It really does worry me. But >> yeah, listen, guys. We will see what happen. Listen, guys. Right now, as far as the news on uh A is concerned, guys, it's just, you know, they've just started talking about it. We'll be getting new details on it, guys. And make sure you guys quickly subscribe here, guys, so that you guys can be notified and updated on any big news that comes out on the news, guys. But listen, guys, we're going to be closing out early. Unfortunately guys, we're not going to last too long guys uh because you know unfortunately and stuff but yeah man. But guys make sure you guys go and subscribe to Dave Talks Madrid Scott which you guys expect. We're going to be directing to him right now guys cuz he's going to be talking about everything Madrid. He's going to be talking about you know the elections and all of it guys. So, make sure you guys go check it out, guys, and let me know what you guys think about everything we've talked about. Good love to every single one of you guys. As always, make sure you guys smash the like button, subscribe to the channel, turn on notifications, all that beautiful stuff.

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