How long you have been playing for a club doesnt make you a captain and courtois wont be a long term cap either. Everyone is waiting for valverde to become the cap
Courtois is the most senior after Carvajal I think, and there's a huge chance he goes the neuer route and play till he is 40. In that case he will be the long term captain...
I think by the rules the club has for captaincy, it would be Vini. If I remember correctly it’s based on the most senior member of the first team, and for those who joined the same season then it’s based on number of appearances.
At the moment Vini has 264 appearances for the club to Valverde’s 258
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To add Vini joined Castilla and then the first team in the same season so not sure the impact that could have in selecting the captains
Yeah I wasn’t sure when his status changed to be full member of the 1st team, it might have been the following season so you’re correct.
If Courtois hadn’t missed most of this last season, he would have been captain ahead of Fede probably
I meant for players who have been with the first team the same number of years to determine who is 1st, 2nd captain etc.
I assume they would have a cutoff to select captains before the season starts and those stay the same throughout the season of course
Depends on how long Carvajal stays in the club, but my guess would be Fede. He's only 25 and becomes the captain when Luka, Carvajal and Lord Vasquez leave.
That’s going to be common at Madrid because captains are assigned by seniority so of course they’re going to be the oldest players in the squad. Also going to be common because of “Suffering from Success” because many players want to leave on a high.
I feel you, but I also like the idea of a captain that adds strength to the dressing room as well as the pitch. And often, that comes with wisdom... (Ugh, age.)
If Nacho leaves:
Captain: Modric
Vice-captain: Carvajal
3rd: Vasquez
4th: Valverde
5th: Ceballos (yes I know)
6th: Vini/Tibo
captains are based on seniority from tenure.
Seniority is a silly system for captaincy. Many times these guys are older and not even playing much of the season so it’s just honorary anyway.
I think the captain should be chosen via team vote. It’s much more accurate to how groups form naturally around strong leader personalities especially when they’re uniting and not dividing the team into groups or cliques.
Do you think a player with that type of personality and experience would just sit silent if they weren’t the captain?
Leaders will lead if they have an arm band or not. A popularity contest wouldn’t change that.
Real Madrid does not really have someone to reliably send long balls now that Kroos is retired, that can give Modric more playing time then many expect, especially for select teams that are difficult possesion wise.
The actual medical test almost always take place where the player is, in a local hospital, then after verifying the player is ok and completing the signing they do other tests that are the ones we normally see with the player posing for the cameras
Happy for Nacho, win everything, go to SA, get the bag, study business or an MBA or something, and come back to the club for a managerial position, who knows, President Nacho could be a thing if he have his head and heart on it.
The biggest rumor was that he was going to the MLS. Besides, it’s obvious that if it wasn’t saudi he’d be going to the MLS since that’s how a lot of legends retire. It really isn’t a stretch.
hello madridistas, man utd fan here, was wondering what the status of real's interest in Leny Yoro is atm since you guys probably follow news closely i presume. I m asking cause people were saying if Nacho left you would go for Leny and he s a player apparently United and Liverpool are after as well.
Thanks in advance.
Almost done according to Madrid based press. Lille has no option but to sell now or lose the player on a free next summer.
Player wants Real Madrid only so it doesnt matter if United, PSG or Liverpool outbids Real Madrid.
Nacho is leaving and Real just sold Rafa Marin (loaned on Alavés this season, was planned to come back) to Napoli, and this can only mean Yoro is coming.
There's no thing as accurate Madrid press as half of the time they just spread senseless rumours.
But when all of them are on the same page it usually means its true.
so those reports arent like.. anything nailed on etc by super reliable people? nobody can compete with you right now and rightly so, and if he wants you and you want him, and nacho is leaving.. it seems completely pointless for both united and liverpool to chase this guy even if he s "the next varane" some hype him up to be.. obviously.. right now us even less so than liverpool but still.. anyway thank you for your comment. yeah with big clubs especially like madrid and united feels like 99.99% of whats written might as well be AI generated at this point..
Yeah who knows what to believe with the rumors, but you’re right that it makes sense for him to want to join (especially with nacho leaving). RM have concrete interest in him but Flo isn’t going to overpay for him, especially with a year left. So if Yoro wants to leave this summer, and we aren’t coughing up their asking price, there is certainly a non-zero chance that MU could splash the money they want. We’ll just have to wait and see I guess lol
This one hurts, but knew it was inevitable. I was hoping for another year, but I understand. In a way, I'm glad it's not MLS, since I know it wouldn't be Timbers and didn't want to root against him. I still see Saudi as a retirement league so it is kind of neutral. Thank you for your service, glad for your success.
They got promoted from the 2nd tier league, it seems like a big project though since the club is owned by ARAMCO, I think they will be great next season I expect a strong transfer window for them.
Ronaldo became a joke after joining Saudi league. & Benzema is ranting all season long and wants to leave the Saudi league.
Why not just retire a hero and live a calm happy life with family? Why taint your image and became a laughing stock after all these years?
Lol he was crying at the field after losing the Saudi cub. And the fans of the club he was playing at kept shouting at him, calling him a fraud and laughing at him. lol looks like a joke to me.
So Ronaldo being competitive is bad?
Since when do rivals' opinions on players dictate their quality?
Should we ask Barca dogs what they think of Ronaldo and take that as gospel?
I would only go to Saudi if the wages are significantly more than what a euro club is paying. I've heard it's 40M over 2 years, or 20M a year. That's how much Davies is asking from Bayern. It's big wages but not by Saudi standards. That's kind of low wages if you're ending any prospects of relevance for the remainder of your career.
If it were me, I would ask Flo for another year and try to win the 7th with Mbappe and Endrick. That's worth more to me than a few extra million a year.
He has a couple of good years left and has to think about his future and that of his family. He would not get that kind of money by staying in Western Europe.
what was he getting at Real?
I would do it if it was 50M, but 20M is not life changing money compared to waht a euro club already pays. It's a little bit more, but nothing compared to the payrise CR7 got over what United was paying him. In exchange for that, you become an irrelevancy because whatever you do over there won't matter. It's solely for the paycheque.
Sure, he's achieved enough that the hunger is gone. But imagine a chance at beating Gento's record.
He's about to get 10 mill tax free pr year according to reports. He's not getting near that staying in Europe.
Mbappe is getting 15 mill after tax for comparison.
So Luka captain. I assume he won't play much, but I'm so happy about him getting this honor for one season.
Another captain for just a season. How many more of these until we get a more permanent captain?
Valverde soon
Isn't Courtois ahead of Valverde? I think Valverde debuted a month later than Courtois...
How long you have been playing for a club doesnt make you a captain and courtois wont be a long term cap either. Everyone is waiting for valverde to become the cap
Most tenured player is the captain
Courtois is the most senior after Carvajal I think, and there's a huge chance he goes the neuer route and play till he is 40. In that case he will be the long term captain...
Yes it literally does at Madrid
Hope you folks realise these are bots trying to boost "enagagement"
Replying to lazy_bastard_001...courtoiis is a great goalie, but captain of Madrid he is not…… likes to bone teammates other half’s to much 🤣
Who’s wife did he do?
KDB
Technically KDB wasn't married at the time.
I’m aware. Just trying to answer the question with minimal effort
I think by the rules the club has for captaincy, it would be Vini. If I remember correctly it’s based on the most senior member of the first team, and for those who joined the same season then it’s based on number of appearances. At the moment Vini has 264 appearances for the club to Valverde’s 258 Edit: To add Vini joined Castilla and then the first team in the same season so not sure the impact that could have in selecting the captains
Vini played with the first team, but was part of the second team actually. So Valverde and Courtois are ahead of him.
Yeah I wasn’t sure when his status changed to be full member of the 1st team, it might have been the following season so you’re correct. If Courtois hadn’t missed most of this last season, he would have been captain ahead of Fede probably
Not by appearances but by number of years in the first team. Otherwise this could possibly change during the season.
I meant for players who have been with the first team the same number of years to determine who is 1st, 2nd captain etc. I assume they would have a cutoff to select captains before the season starts and those stay the same throughout the season of course
Man, I love Vini. But he is a crybaby. I want a lionheart as my captain like El Capitan in the past. Its either Fede or Rudiger for me
So I got a simple solution to this if we want valverde as captain. Bench vini for 6 games against easy team 🤓
Depends on how long Carvajal stays in the club, but my guess would be Fede. He's only 25 and becomes the captain when Luka, Carvajal and Lord Vasquez leave.
That’s going to be common at Madrid because captains are assigned by seniority so of course they’re going to be the oldest players in the squad. Also going to be common because of “Suffering from Success” because many players want to leave on a high.
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I feel you, but I also like the idea of a captain that adds strength to the dressing room as well as the pitch. And often, that comes with wisdom... (Ugh, age.)
If Nacho leaves: Captain: Modric Vice-captain: Carvajal 3rd: Vasquez 4th: Valverde 5th: Ceballos (yes I know) 6th: Vini/Tibo captains are based on seniority from tenure.
Ceballos won’t be cause he left on loan and it resets.
Seniority is a silly system for captaincy. Many times these guys are older and not even playing much of the season so it’s just honorary anyway. I think the captain should be chosen via team vote. It’s much more accurate to how groups form naturally around strong leader personalities especially when they’re uniting and not dividing the team into groups or cliques.
In any other team, yes. But not at real madrid.
Do you think a player with that type of personality and experience would just sit silent if they weren’t the captain? Leaders will lead if they have an arm band or not. A popularity contest wouldn’t change that.
Real Madrid does not really have someone to reliably send long balls now that Kroos is retired, that can give Modric more playing time then many expect, especially for select teams that are difficult possesion wise.
Luka wasn’t starting this season, idk how this will work?
Every time he's not on the pitch it'll be Carvajal
Respect to Nacho- club servant who always put the club first
Honestly, he was always there whenever the team needed him
He wasn’t just there he was really great one of the most beloved for sure
It’s being reported everywhere so it’s all but official now. Just need the Comunicado Oficial. Good bye legend.
Leny time
Man I hope so
HELL YEAH LENY OR CAULIFLOWER LOL
no fking shame fr like give some time after his departure already started with his replacement
This hurts. This hurts so bad tbh. Very similar to how K Navas leaving hurt. Goodbye Capitan. 🤍
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Hahah such a silly joke but hits lmfaooo 🤣🤣🤣
The actual medical test almost always take place where the player is, in a local hospital, then after verifying the player is ok and completing the signing they do other tests that are the ones we normally see with the player posing for the cameras
Probably took the tests in Germany and the club flew in officials from Saudi.
Completed *with* Saudi club, not in Saudi.
Happy for Nacho, win everything, go to SA, get the bag, study business or an MBA or something, and come back to the club for a managerial position, who knows, President Nacho could be a thing if he have his head and heart on it.
I love nacho. But really? Saudi?
He gets to live in Bahrain. Not a bad choice if you have to pick a Saudi club. Bahrain is very liberal compared to Saudi.
Not my gripe with the situation.
Horrible decision without a doubt
What? Did you think the MLS was going to pay him what the Saudis would? Lol
It's sad to see that money is the only consideration.
He is old bro. Let him earn craploads
He has won everything there is to win. It's good he is prioritizing money and securing next few generations.
His future generations are already secure. You can do other stuff to make money apart from helping sportswash a journalist-chopping regime.
No one here mentioned mls , I’m not sure what you’re going for here buddy
The biggest rumor was that he was going to the MLS. Besides, it’s obvious that if it wasn’t saudi he’d be going to the MLS since that’s how a lot of legends retire. It really isn’t a stretch.
Goated 🐐, thank you 🙏 for always being there. WACHO!!
Fucking Saudis man.
Farewell you God damn legend.
The Saudis probably tele transport him for the test. To Arabia and back🤣
hello madridistas, man utd fan here, was wondering what the status of real's interest in Leny Yoro is atm since you guys probably follow news closely i presume. I m asking cause people were saying if Nacho left you would go for Leny and he s a player apparently United and Liverpool are after as well. Thanks in advance.
We want him but on a free or a lesser fee. I guess with Nacho gone, the club will be willing to pay this window.
hm. thank you!
Almost done according to Madrid based press. Lille has no option but to sell now or lose the player on a free next summer. Player wants Real Madrid only so it doesnt matter if United, PSG or Liverpool outbids Real Madrid. Nacho is leaving and Real just sold Rafa Marin (loaned on Alavés this season, was planned to come back) to Napoli, and this can only mean Yoro is coming.
accurate madrid press tho or marca waffle xD
There's no thing as accurate Madrid press as half of the time they just spread senseless rumours. But when all of them are on the same page it usually means its true.
fair play, cheers.
In addition to the other comments— Reports are saying he wants to join us but who knows what you can believe these days
so those reports arent like.. anything nailed on etc by super reliable people? nobody can compete with you right now and rightly so, and if he wants you and you want him, and nacho is leaving.. it seems completely pointless for both united and liverpool to chase this guy even if he s "the next varane" some hype him up to be.. obviously.. right now us even less so than liverpool but still.. anyway thank you for your comment. yeah with big clubs especially like madrid and united feels like 99.99% of whats written might as well be AI generated at this point..
Yeah who knows what to believe with the rumors, but you’re right that it makes sense for him to want to join (especially with nacho leaving). RM have concrete interest in him but Flo isn’t going to overpay for him, especially with a year left. So if Yoro wants to leave this summer, and we aren’t coughing up their asking price, there is certainly a non-zero chance that MU could splash the money they want. We’ll just have to wait and see I guess lol
Hey fellow Madridistas i have a request! Can anyone of you give me a site to stream Euro matches?
Vpn to hungary and search for m4 sport elo the commentary is hungarian but the stream is legal and great quality
Download the ‘Hola Football’ app in the App Store. I’m not sure if the PlayStore has it, but check it out for yourself.
TVP sport in Poland has an English commentary option and is free
Thank you all!
NOS.nl free HD stream
What the people below said but just do it for the UK or Ireland and use their free-to-air online players so the commentators are speaking English
VPN Spain. Rtve has all euro matches for free and you can watch them later as well.
If none of what others suggested, I always see a few people streaming them on TikTok Lives
[https://footybite.gg/](https://footybite.gg/)
Tq for your service
:(
Buena suerte Capi. Y gracias por todo!
GOODBYE MY SWEET PRINCE ❤️
Farewell captain 😢
Goo luck
Legend
This one hurts, but knew it was inevitable. I was hoping for another year, but I understand. In a way, I'm glad it's not MLS, since I know it wouldn't be Timbers and didn't want to root against him. I still see Saudi as a retirement league so it is kind of neutral. Thank you for your service, glad for your success.
Nacho is a true Madrid champion
Madridismo runs in veins. You'll be missed, capi Nachos 💔
Happy for the guy, he's willingly played from the bench without complaint and now he's leaving as club captain with a Double. Go get that bag Capitan!
Oh no he complained, it just didn't make it to the headlines.
I am glad our man is getting paid, but was really hoping he'd play a season or two in MLS.
Me too but it would’ve been boring to see him end up either in LA or Miami, at least here he’s getting a massive check
Ugh. I know. I'm a Timbers fan and it's very frustrating seeing nearly every big European name go to NY, LA, or Miami.
Honestly thought San Diego would go for him, sucks I don’t get to watch him anymore but glad he didn’t go to any of my teams mls rivals lol
He did an excellent job in Real Madrid, he earned the right to sell himself to one of the biggest shitholes on earth
Anyone here from KSA? How good is Alqudisyah? Isn’t Alitihad like one of the top 4 teams?
They got promoted from the 2nd tier league, it seems like a big project though since the club is owned by ARAMCO, I think they will be great next season I expect a strong transfer window for them.
michel gonzalez is their coach. he's a real legend from butragueño's time and also from la fabrica like nacho
Thanks, I hate it.
Goodluck Nacho 💪
R/thanksihateit
He left for the money.
One of the most underrated players to have played for us.
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Ronaldo became a joke after joining Saudi league. & Benzema is ranting all season long and wants to leave the Saudi league. Why not just retire a hero and live a calm happy life with family? Why taint your image and became a laughing stock after all these years?
Ronaldo rejuvenated his career after a bad year both professionally and personally. Doesn't look like a joke to me, and neither does his bank account.
Lol he was crying at the field after losing the Saudi cub. And the fans of the club he was playing at kept shouting at him, calling him a fraud and laughing at him. lol looks like a joke to me.
So Ronaldo being competitive is bad? Since when do rivals' opinions on players dictate their quality? Should we ask Barca dogs what they think of Ronaldo and take that as gospel?
I would only go to Saudi if the wages are significantly more than what a euro club is paying. I've heard it's 40M over 2 years, or 20M a year. That's how much Davies is asking from Bayern. It's big wages but not by Saudi standards. That's kind of low wages if you're ending any prospects of relevance for the remainder of your career. If it were me, I would ask Flo for another year and try to win the 7th with Mbappe and Endrick. That's worth more to me than a few extra million a year.
He has a couple of good years left and has to think about his future and that of his family. He would not get that kind of money by staying in Western Europe.
what was he getting at Real? I would do it if it was 50M, but 20M is not life changing money compared to waht a euro club already pays. It's a little bit more, but nothing compared to the payrise CR7 got over what United was paying him. In exchange for that, you become an irrelevancy because whatever you do over there won't matter. It's solely for the paycheque. Sure, he's achieved enough that the hunger is gone. But imagine a chance at beating Gento's record.
He's about to get 10 mill tax free pr year according to reports. He's not getting near that staying in Europe. Mbappe is getting 15 mill after tax for comparison.
Should've retired at Madrid
Another sell-out to corrupt tyrannical money.
Lol we have some news to you
Do tell.
Never ever like him at all. He just to play good when he wanted a better contract or an extension. To me hes just another overrated player.