Is Real Madrid really in a financial crisis?
I have read a lot of comments from Madrid fans that suggest the current Real Madrid situation is all because of a financial crisis owing to the Corona pandemic. My question is are we really in a financial crisis?
Real Madrid is the second (2) richest club in 2020, a pandemic year with a revenue of €757.3m according to Deloitte football money league only bested by Barcelona with revenue of €840.8m, Manchester United in 3rd with €711.5m, Bayern in 4th with €660.1m, PSG in 5th with €635.9m, Mancity in 6th with €610.6m, Liverpool in 7th with €604.7m, Tottenham in 8th with €521.1m, Chelsea in 9th with €513.1m, Juventus in 10th with €459.7m and Arsenal in 11th with €445.6m and the list continues. In the previous year (2019) we finished 1st place with a revenue of €750.9m.
So are we really in a financial crisis? A club in the financial crisis doesn't renovate a stadium, the Bernabeu is still considered one of the best stadiums in the world, renovating a stadium is almost considered as building a new one which takes a lot of money to do, so is the Bernabeu really necessary for renovations? Fine I am sure when the renovations are completed the Bernabeu could be the most beautiful stadium in the world. Again nobody should say the club had to cut down salaries of staff because of the financial crisis caused by the pandemic because most clubs did the same thing.
I don't think the club is in any financial crisis, what I see is Perez fulfilling one of his goals of making an attractive Bernabeu and taking advantage of Zidane's willingness to work with what he has.
Have you ever imagined a Klopp, Mourinho, or Guardiola taking over as Real Madrid coach, and you think Real Madrid will not buy players?
No, I don't think so, these are coaches who like to play in certain ways and if they can't find players in the current squad that soothes their tactics they will hit the market and buy players they need and Real Madrid will fund the transfers. Take for instance when Mourinho came to Real Madrid in 2010, we already had Ronaldo, Kaka, Alonso, Arbeloa, Benzema, Negredo, Ezequiel Garay, Granero, Raul Albiol, 9 players that we bought in the previous season yet Mourinho brought in Ozil, Di Maria, Khedira, Calvaho, Essien, Coentrao and Adebayo.
Look it is no secret that Zidane doesn't like to buy players, have you all forgotten that the Mbappe you all cry, for now, it was Zidane who said he doesn't need him at that time.
Sometimes you don't need to sign the whole world before your team starts playing well, you just need to sign one good player in a vital role and that will make all the difference. See for example Van Dijk was the difference in Liverpool, just like De Bruyne is in Man City and Ronaldo when we had him in Madrid.
I am not just a fan, I play football too so I know what I am talking about. You see in this game of football, sometimes it is the energy of certain players in your team that makes you perform at your best, players inspire players when you know you have a certain player on the pitch, you get the confidence that you can't lose and that alone makes you raise your game. It is no secret that when Valverde players Realmadrid play with more energy and press high, it is because the team taps from his energy, it's only when Varane sees Ramos that he steps up his game because he sees Ramos as his Role model and that gives him confidence.
As a coach, you own the team, you know the players in and out, you are the eyes of the team, you know everyone's strength and weakness, your tactics should be deployed based on what your players can do, you should buy players that can influence other players positively, no coach should be tied to one pattern of play or a certain group of players, because after some period of time, that one tactic will be known by opponents and those group of players too will be understood by the opponent so you need to change tactics from time to time, and tactics are changed based on the players you have on the pitch.
If you recall in 2016 when we won the league and champions league, Real Madrid had two teams that played completely different, the first team suffered to win games while the second team won games in the first half, this was because the two squads had two different energy levels. The second team had young stars who all had hunger and something to prove as they were all competing with each other to get into the first team so everyone gave their best and used the same energy but the first team played with so much difficulty because their energy levels weren't the same, some had hunger some didn't. Tactics are deployed based on the type of players you put on the pitch.
That is why you need to sign players from time to time so that the players you sign serves as motivation for the team and it will help you deploy other tactics too, people are bound to be complacent when there is no motivation or someone they draw inspiration from. Competition for a starting place can serve as motivation for you, if one of your team players is full of energy you can be motivated to want to give all your energy too.
As regards the draw yesterday, I am not sad because you could see the effort put in by the majority of the players from start to end that's why they could draw the match, if they had played with the same energy against Cadiz and Shakhtar we would have come out with a better result than we did. I personally don't think Zidane should be sacked because I strongly believe he is capable of becoming the best coach ever seen in the game, he just needs to stand firm and take certain actions for the greater good of the club.
This great game of football requires so much than the ordinary eye can see. We all want a better Real Madrid and that is why I put in the effort to share my opinion on matters affecting the club. Hala Madrid!
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Wow, just wow! What a brilliant financial analysis, dear Godwin Albert-abu! 🤩 I just can't stop admiring this beautiful blog, thank you so much for sharing it on the blogging platform. Since I'm certain that other many Madrid fans will want to read it, I have shared it on our main newsfeed. Again, thank you for your contribution, and I can't wait for the next one!
Thanks 🙏 Martina for your acknowledgement.
what an analysis. I am 100% with the point you made. you really talked sense and I hope the club can listen to your suggestions
Thanks man for your acknowledgement🙏
Yeah of course