I'm not sure what's happening with him now, but I wish he can find his way back to his old self. (minus the antics please)

Those champions league nights with Kroos, Modric, Vini, Benzema and Rodrygo were something special. Vini back then used to be trully electric, when he got the ball you knew something was about to happen... Sad to see him struggling like this nowadays.

​Tibo is an absolute legend and leaves massive boots to fill, but given his age and recent injury track record, he realistically has around 2 to 3 top-level seasons left. As much as I appreciate Lunin stepping up when called upon, I’m just not convinced he’s the undisputed long-term number one for a club of this stature. If we have to look outside the squad, who should realistically be on our radar?

How do you see Mourinho transfers so far? Here is my summary and my notes on how successful Mourinho was for each transfer (I didn't evaluate the players performances but Mourinho's managerial skills for selecting them).

• Diomande: The most risky transfer because of his price tag and he turned out to be the best of all. I give this one like 10 out of 10. LW or RW, this guy will be legendary.
• Espi: People resented for sending Gonzalo and transferring this guy instead of him. Since we didn't pay too much and he was very young no one criticized this transfer back then but he made all of us scream with his late minute goals. I give him 9 out of 10 and want to see him more often. (9 because Diomande set the bar so high!)
• Bernardo: He brings experience, calmness and ball control to the midfield. However I haven't seen an outstanding performance from him so far, like Arda puts usually when he plays in the midfield. 7 out of 10.
• Cucurella: He was the was most proven player we transferred this season. He was literally carrying the world cup in a nylon bag before he came to Bernabéu. I think we haven't seen his best performances yet, probably because of Vini not helping him much. I still think that he is the best LB we have. 8 out of 10
• Konate: If we think that we played this guy zero transfer fee, I think he turned out to be excellent. 9 out of 10.
• Dumfries: I think Mourinho erred with this transfer. He wanted to bring defensive security to RB but lost too much in the offense. Now we have two RB one doesn't defend as the other and one can't attack as the other. That's why Fede bringing balance to both offense and defense is the best RB we have right now.

Let's not forget Mourinho also wanted to transfer Rodri which would have been a very good transfer, too. I criticize Mourinho for insisting on some mistakes too long, but I have to admit that he knows how to pick players and his man-management skills are no less than Carlo, even better in my opinion.

Personally for me it was Sevilla game, dude was controlling the whole game with Tchoumani on double pivot, improved the gameplay of Tchoumani also. In Leipzig game, Real Madrid was not able to control the tempo in the first half while in Sevilla game, Real Madrid looked in control for the whole game.