It seems like Perez, the new Madrid President is blowing through club money as if it is endless! Don't get me wrong, we need KAKA as well as a top scorer, but do we really need such players more than we need defenders!! If you have been watching Madrid games this season you would concur with me that the main problem with Madrid is not its attack or even midfield but DEFENSE!!
Cannavaro did what he could but his fitness were starting to show his age. Pepe was hot and cold and lets not forget the horrible incident near the end of the season. Heinze is not a football player in my book. Sergio Ramos was overworked as a RB who was expected to push forward.
What about the bench? Marcelo was never a good RB and Torres was really not given a chance to get use to the position. We have the best goalie in the world but the line in front of him is not even close to what is needed for Madrid to be challenging in the Champion League.
So here we go again, spending the majority of the money on players, who are amazing, but not really critical for the club!!!
The latest news is that Madrid is trying to lure David Villa to sign with us. But that makes no sense to me!!! Shouldn't we be looking for a great CB or RB instead of a striker? Did we forget that we have Higuain and Huntelar??? Did we also forget that we have Robben who has been phenomenal, when not injured??
I was very encouraged when i saw that Perez appointed Zizou as an adviser, but so far i do not see any indication that anyone is talking about filling Cannavaor's position or Henize's for that matter.
It is still early in the transfer season for us to lose hope in signing a defensive player that is worth the money, but the clock is ticking. Barca are also on the hunt for defensive players, so we need to get the ball rolling on it before the likes Vidic and Bruno Alves are swept away by Barca, Chelsea, and other big clubs.