re: 10 EUROPEAN CUPS-The Official Real Madrid CF 2014/5 Thread (These Go to Eleven)

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Moyes: "Bale será una estrella en el Madrid esta temporada" El técnico de la Real confiesa que intentó ficharle a toda costa cuando dirigía al United: "Debe sumergirse en la cultura española ".

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Moyes came out today to say that he tried to sign Gareth Bale to Manu, and has advised him to stay and fight at RM.

I tried to pull him from Tottenham, but his heart was set on Real Madrid.

He will be a star at RM next season. De Gea needed time to acclimate himself to Manchester, as well.

Give him some time. He is no different than the rest. As a British player, he´s got to immerse himself in the Spanish culture, it´s hours, it´s food, etc...

He is in a great club which guarantees all kinds of success, and he will succeed.

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The futures of Marco Asensio and Martin Ødegaard will be away from Real Madrid next season as the club weighs up loan moves to give the pair regular first team action. Rafa Benítez wants both players, signed in the winter transfer window, to get plenty of minutes next season and knows that Madrid cannot offer them. The club is currently weighing up which clubs would best fit the players. Ødegaard is liked by Villarreal but Madrid will also look at teams such as Málaga and Betis, clubs with a profile of playing attractive football, as ideal players for the young pair to progress.

The plan has always been to be patient in putting both players into Madrid’s first team plans. With Asensio, it was already agreed that he would remain at Mallorca on loan (Madrid paid €3.9 million for him) if they achieved promotion to the top flight. The Spain U19 international will travel with his country to compete in the European U19 Championships in Greece, to be played from July 6-19, and will not join the pre-season under Benítez. The plan is that once Asensio returns from his holidays (depending on how far Spain progress in Greece) a team will be in place for him.

For Ødegaard, bought for €4 million in January, things are different. The Norwegian will travel to Australia and China as part of Madrid’s pre-season due to terms agreed in his contract. He will experience a pre-season with the first team and then go out on loan in August. A move away from the club will be seen as the perfect solution as although he wants to convince Benítez of his abilities, he did not want to continue with Castilla in Segunda B.

The exit of more youth team players: Llorente and Benavente...

The loan moves of Asensio and Odegaard will not be the only transfers of young talents moving away from Madrid this summer. After Castilla’s failure to win promotion back to the Segunda a number of players look set to leave. One of the captains, Diego Llorente (21) will meet with the club he inform them that he wants to move on after completing his cycle at the club. He already has offers from England and Germany. It remains to be seen whether he will leave on loan or depart on a permanent transfer with a repurchase option because he still has two years left on his contract. The other captain, Aguza, has one more season to run on his deal but the club will allow him to move on to pastures new. Peruvian international Cristian Benavente, 21, will also assess his future with two years remaining on his contract in Madrid. The future of centre-back Derik is in England, with Watford, promoted to the Premier League, Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers all interested.

I have a feeling it will never be gone. That was just a ploy to get Air Emirates paying more.

What tactics will he employ? Who should he look to copy? Will he take the BBC off the air? We break down the tricky decisions that lie in wait for Rafa Benitez.

1. From Sacchi to Guardiola

Arrigo Sacchi is the example that Benitez has followed most closely as a manager, although recently he's come round to appreciating Pep Guardiola's way of understanding football.

2. Organisation, organisation and organisation

The main priority for a Rafa Benitz team is order. Everyone defends and attacks together, forming a united block over 25-30 metres of the pitch.

3. System: 4-2-3-1

This is the former Napoli manager's preferred tactical deployment. Ronaldo would shift to play as the sole striker with a line of three behind him, and then Modric and Kroos tidying things up behind them.

4. Adaptability

Benitez will adapt to Real Madrid's historic tradition and philosophy. His side will be a very attacking one, as the Santiago Bernabéu likes.

5. Influences from his European adventures

He's not just well-versed in the techniques of Spanish football, but also the solidity of the Italian game and the intensity of the English league.

6. Using the wings

Real Madrid will look to play a very attacking game, and to manage this it is essential to make full use of the wings.

7. Rotations

Rafa Benitez is a big fan of rotating his squad, and he's not afraid to make a tough and perhaps contested decision, unlike Ancelotti...

8. Game by game

Simeone-style, Benitez believes that taking every game individually is the best approach, whatever the fixture list says.

9. On the ball

Around 80-85% of his training is based around using the ball.

10. The 24/7 manager

Benitez watches over various aspects of his players' lives, such as diet and leisure time.


Read more: Real Madrid: Benítez's Ten Commandments - MARCA.com (English version)

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Benitez watches over various aspects of his players' lives, such as diet and leisure time.

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Could there be a real chance that he pushes CR7 back to the PL?

yeah, from what I understand, he is expected to effect squad rotations like it´s never been seen before.

4800-4900, something like that

Wow. 10 games-ish. Wonder if Ronaldo will appreciate the rest or will be upset about sitting.

I'm interested in the rotation of the 2-3 part of his formation.

I imagine Kroos will welcome the rotating.....he was a dead leg SOB for the last month of the season.