President Florentino Pérez’s candidacy for the presidency of Real Madrid defined coach José Mourinho as the commander of the professional squad if he wins the elections scheduled for next Sunday at the club’s headquarters. The Portugal coach has already started planning the design of the group of athletes for the second semester and has made impactful decisions about the current formation of the Espanha team. The coach’s main determination directly affects the Argentine midfielder Franco Mastantuono, recently signed with River Plate from Argentina for significant amounts. The young football player should not remain part of the Madrid professionals if the return of the Portuguese technical committee is officially confirmed on the Monday following the election.
The tactical plan designed for the sporting restructuring of the team in the Spanish capital prioritizes the reduction of the squad and the negotiation of athletes who were part of the secondary rotation in recent months. José Mourinho presented a list of players he does not intend to work with at the beginning of the training journey at Valdebebas. The decision surprised board members due to the volume of scheduled departures of young athletes with high financial investment. Florentino Pérez’s planning involves announcing the coach at the beginning of the next business week to accelerate the reformulation of the Real Madrid sports department.
José Mourinho decides to remove athletes from the secondary rotation in Valdebebas
The Portuguese technical committee indicated that it wants to work with a smaller group of athletes and requested the placement of several names on the international football transfer market. Journalist Ramón Álvarez De Mon confirmed that the decision to remove Franco Mastantuono came from the commander’s individual analysis of the ideal characteristics for Real Madrid’s midfield sector. The situation involves the biggest recent financial movement made by the board for the youth teams, which will now need a new European destination.
Além of the midfielder revealed by River Plate, the list of athletes discarded by José Mourinho includes frequent names in the team’s lineups in recent years of competitions. Midfielders Eduardo Camavinga and Dani Ceballos lead the exits from the central sector of Madrid’s team. Defenders Fran García and Raúl Asencio are also not in the coaching staff’s plans for the Europa clash season.
The full list of players discarded by the new Real Madrid coaching staff includes:
- Franco Mastantuono (Argentine midfielder)
- Eduardo Camavinga (French midfielder)
- Rodrygo (Brazilian striker currently injured)
- Fran García (Spanish left-back)
- Dani Ceballos (Spanish midfielder)
- Raúl Asencio (defender of the youth categories)
Rodrygo joins Real Madrid’s waiver list after suffering serious injury
The inclusion of Brazilian striker Rodrygo in the list of departures represents the most drastic change in the offensive structure imagined by Florentino Pérez’s candidacy for Real Madrid. The Seleção Brasileira winger suffered a highly serious physical injury a few months ago and is undergoing a medical recovery process in the club’s internal departments. The scenario of prolonged inactivity motivated José Mourinho to approve the athlete’s negotiation on the Europa ball market. The board is looking for advantageous financial proposals to transfer the player to major English or Italian clubs.
The striker occupied the starting position at different times during the previous Real Madrid season, but lost space with the change in sporting philosophy implemented by the current management. The Brazilian’s departure opens up space on the payroll and in the vacancies of foreign athletes for the arrival of new reinforcements requested by the Portugal coach. Rodrygo representatives are awaiting the results of the polls on Sunday to begin formal contacts with other Inglaterra teams.
Florentino Pérez plans to repatriate Nico Paz to reinforce professional roster
Franco Mastantuono’s departure opened space for the execution of an alternative project led by Florentino Pérez behind the scenes of Valdebebas’s Cidade Deportiva. The manager of Real Madrid placed the responsibility of managing the return of young midfielder Nico Paz to Santiago Bernabéu in the hands of José Mourinho. The player’s economic rights were previously negotiated, but he has the Portuguese coach’s approval to take on a central role in next season’s squad. The plan pleases the club’s advisors because it involves an athlete identified with the culture of the Spanish institution.
The club’s financial strategy envisages the use of an estimated budget of 150 million euros to guarantee the hiring of up to seven new one-off reinforcements in the winter market. The Spanish board’s goal is to replace the six dismissed athletes with options indicated directly by José Mourinho’s new technical committee. The money will be obtained through the sale of athletes who were placed on the transfer list this week of political definitions in Madrid.
Enrique Riquelme contests presidential elections against Florentino Pérez on Sunday
The progress of all player transfers and the official announcement of José Mourinho depends exclusively on the results of the vote by Real Madrid members next Sunday. Spanish businessman Enrique Riquelme leads the opposition ticket and presents different proposals for the management of the Merengue club’s professional football. Caso the opposition wins the election in Madrid, the planning made for the departure of Franco Mastantuono and the other five athletes can be fully reviewed by the new elected board.
The partners will decide the administrative direction of the institution for the next few years in a vote that promises to move the country’s capital. Florentino Pérez’s committee shows optimism behind the scenes and maintains daily contact with the Portuguese coach’s lawyers to sign the contractual documents on Monday. Franco Mastantuono agents are following the electoral scenario to determine whether the young Argentine midfielder will need to seek a loan to another European football team.