Real Madrid & '50-goal gap'

Cristiano Ronaldo's sale of more than 100 million euros was a success for Real Madrid. But sport is not sure. Ronaldo left to leave a huge gap. Qualitatively it is "50 tables".

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone
Barcelona coach: Ernesto Valverde
Real Madrid & amp; & quot; 50 Goal Spots & quot;
Why is it called "50 tables"? Simply because it is the average goal that Ronaldo contributed to Real Madrid each season. In nine Real Madrid caps, the CR7 scored 450 rounds. Except for the 2009/10 season "only" scored 33 goals, all the remaining Ronaldo season has over 40 goals; For the 2011/12 and 2014/15 seasons, he scored over 60 goals. Beyond quantity is quality. Many of the goals scored by Ronaldo are "high", and have a decisive role in winning the title of Real Madrid, especially in the Champions League, the last time.

But first of all, for simplicity, talk about numbers. The question that new coach Julen Lopetegui need to set for himself is how will he fill the gap 50 goals that Ronaldo left? There are two directions for "Lope" selection. One is to take advantage of available resources. The remaining B-B-C trio Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema have been living under the shadow of Ronaldo for a long time, so it is unlikely they still have unspent potential. Can Lopetegui see that potential, and how to exploit them?

As well as taking advantage of available resources, Lopetegui has another option: to raise young players in the team. Lucas Vázquez, Marco Asensio, Isco or Borja Mayoral. This is an option that fans are always interested in. They always want to see the young players reach out. But of course, the risks are also huge. Pressure from expectations, no matter how exuberant and sophisticated the expectations are, can always be overwhelming for any player. Replace Ronaldo, just heard that he was exhausted.

The safest thing to do is to put a new table-tennis machine. Not like Ronaldo is close to. In fact, with this option, Real Madrid also has not many options. Players can secure a high level of consistency in many consecutive seasons. There are Robert Lewandowski in the Bundesliga (Bayern Munich), Edinson Cavani in Ligue 1 (PSG), Harry Kane in the Premier League (Tottenham), and Mauro Icardi in Serie A (Inter Milan). That is but the players that if Real get, they are not too worried about the lack of goals.

But the problem is to get these players, Real Madrid first will be very laborious. All four teams have no need to sell their brightest stars, as they know they can not replace the players, and they are not under financial pressure. In case of convincing the club, Real will certainly lose a lot of money. The money they have to spend may be more than the money they earn from selling Ronaldo. And then, the story turns to another direction.

Real fans like Kane most
Marca are holding a reader poll about "No. 9" that Real Madrid should buy to replace Ronaldo. The list includes Lewandowski, Kane, Icardi, Cavani, Firmino and even former Reals such as Morata, Rodrigo, Mariano. At the present time, Kane is the one with the highest number of votes. The number of people who chose him accounted for 27% of the 168,000 participants. Followed by Icardi (15%), Lewandowski and Cavani (13%).

171. Real Madrid can afford to buy new strikers without fear of cost. Because they are strong and hard to catch up ... Barca. In the last three seasons, Barça have spent € 517m on transfers, triple Real Madrid's spending (171).