Because I want you to go...
When reality is mutating, the solution is difficult.
And what is more mutant than football these days?
He sends the economy and makes the game what he wants.
Players who break the market and come as saviors, necessary players who can't sign up if the accounts don't come out, players who have to leave because they interfere with the budget.
The former are given a red carpet, the latter are reassured with promises, and the third are
bullied
into leaving as soon as possible.
There are few things more humiliating than feeling leftover.
And it's even more disconcerting to see that some of those being
bullied
this season are the same ones who were given a red carpet not too long ago.
Reason: Frenkie De Jong.
… At the time I want I stop you
I will hasten to say that when we talk about Casemiro, we are talking about the best stopper midfielder in the world.
And the plugs are simple and effective.
Casemiro is so simple that football, more than playing it, seems that he prune it.
As for effectiveness, Madrid has the habit of measuring it in the Champions League and Casemiro has five.
Therefore, we speak of major words.
But in these confusing days, Casemiro was the victim of a temptation.
A dizzying offer that came from Manchester United, currently the largest talent graveyard in all of Europe.
Casemiro's doubts occupied newspapers and networks and were synthesized more or less as follows: millionaire with glory or super millionaire with risks.
In case the breva of being a glorious super millionaire fell, he surely appealed to Florentino's generosity.
But neither Cristiano nor Sergio Ramos nor Varane softened that heart.
Casemiro was unlikely to soften him up.
The price
The popular instinct is concerned that Casemiro will leave because he is one of those players who conveys security.
But in matters related to the management of a club, the opinion of the people counts for little.
And since Florentino has no doubts about how to manage Madrid, it had to be Casemiro who decided.
It should not have been easy to do the accounts and I am not only talking about the economic ones.
What did you have in Madrid?
A general acknowledgment of an impeccable career, a leadership that time has strengthened and that his teammates respected, the confidence of the coach, a deep understanding of the context, world prestige... If Casemiro understood all these things to be true, the difference between what he earned in Real Madrid and what he will be able to win at Manchester, he could have compensated with the following question: How much is happiness worth?
power binge
Florentino rules in Madrid and that clarifies everything else.
From up there, the authority projects security to the entire institution.
The club is more important than the team, the team is more important than the player, the player is very important, but up to a limit.
A logical sequence that should not be altered.
On the contrary, PSG begins to pay the consequences of the renewal of Mbappé, who, in addition to money, was granted power.
But being in charge does not mean that the companions allow themselves to be commanded.
It is one thing to be a soccer leader by force of talent and another to be a social leader by decree, when maturity has not yet been reached.
This week Mbappé made an inadmissible rudeness to a teammate who did not pass him the ball and questioned his leadership by arguing with Neymar about taking a penalty.
This is not how power is gained.
This is how a team breaks down.
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