You cannot say Bale was a failure at Madrid. To me he's a legend of the club and sure he's career did not come to a great ending but he was there for huge moments in Madrid's history
Nobody ever said he was a failure, he was a success tbh, scored in 2 champions league finals, scored that iconic goal to beat barca in the copa del rey final, and has balled out in a lot of matches, he's a baller
Damn right... 2 UCL FINAL match winners, 1 el clasico CDR FINAL match winner. Shame that since CR7 left, he went downhill or uninterested in football at all hence his early retirement
The reason rm's this strategy is successful is because they get young great players when the old guard is still there so they can learn n not get pressurized immediately, Only vini jr struggled because ronaldo left n he had to play all games at rm , when it was planned to get him into squad slowly , great to see him turn things around.
It also helps that RM inevitably has the "pull" which gave them leverage regardless if the other clubs in Europe has unlimited amount of funds. Quite frankly, I don't think they really took away the "Galaticos" policy, they just learn, adapt & evolve the strats. In a way, make their next generation of "Galaticos" or should I like to call them "Hidden-Galaticos" with these young players.
@@sueyourself5413 Spain also have problem with racism, Vini is always being targeted by the local fans whenever Madrid playing away match, not to mention the whole voodoo doll of him made by Atletico fans. A problem that doesn't really translated when Madrid play abroad.
@@shaxxs It doesn't translate? Guy, I'm fully aware that racists exist in Spain and like football, there's just less of them than there are in other European countries. For 90 minutes, football fans become bigots
6:03 poor results from the investments on Bale? He helped them win 3 CL trophies (one of which he scored arguably the most iconic CL goal.) I get he was difficult by the end but his impact definitely can be considered a success, not a failure.
Sure, that's true. But still, after those 5 seasons, he literally stopped trying. Wanted to play golf more than football, and even worse.. decided to run down the contract while not playing at all. He was worth during those 5 seasons, but what he did after that completely destroyed any good will he had. Besides, he never actually had a great season when he was fit throughout. He'd play for 3 months and then get injured, and be gone for 2. This kept repeating in his entire Real career
@@chrisnicholson5032The reporter they quote works for Sport, a catalan based media and Barcelona fundamentalist. Only a fool madridista would consider the Bale Transfer a failure.
Im a barca fan, but even i (and most barça fans secretly) can admit Madrid is by far the best run and most successful club in the wolrd. I have nothing but absolute repect for them (and envy😅).
The difference is Barcelona Produce exceotional talents at La Masia as A Real Madrid fan we also produced some of great talents even now but Real Madrid will sell their academy products no matter how good they are at the same time Barcelona will use their talents .
@@notorious3416 That's true, La masía is certainly Barças strength. Although, Real have the ability to smartly buy the correct players at the correct time.
@@notorious3416a Masia has only produced one great generation of players, which is the Messi Xavi, and Iniesta class. That had never happened before in their entire history, nor will it happen again. It's got more to do with Crujff than any Barcelona strategy. La Masia has never been viewed as one of the top academies in Europe. Again, they've had one fluke of a generation. If La Masia was good at all, they wouldn't be buying so much recently, just as they did before Messi and comp. Let's quit assigning them undeserved credit. If you remember at all before Messi, you'd be laughing at comments of people saying, 'oh yeah, they have great academy.' why didn't they produce anything good since Messi? Tsk, tsk..
Finally a respectful barca you can talk with lol. Most of us Madridistas honestly envy your youth development program as well. The problem you guys seem in Barca is that they seem to be unable to be stable enough to be a team for their youth to grow. It's like every year there are stars they sign that starts up to the team ahead of the young talent but doesn't really match their playing identity. Causing them not only money but waste the development of their players. While RMs problem is that they do develop their young talents well too, but they don't rate them much and just sell them. Guys like, antonio blanco, sergio arribas, ødigaard, theo Hernandez would definitely get a chance for barca, yet never gets a chance at madrid and fumble them. Such a weird thing to do by big clubs.
How can u put Hazard & Bale in the same sentence. Let me remind u Bale was a huge success, scored 106 goals, 67 assists. Won 5 champions league, 3 LaLiga. In 2018 Bale & Zidane had some issues, after that his career went into a turmoil.
Exactly. Hazard hasn't done jack shit at Madrid. Bale has been crucial in winning multiple trophies.. not to mention that unforgettable bicycle kick against Liverpool in the 2018 UCL final.
@HONEST MAN UTD FAN by the clubs standard, if you’ve won a champions league or european cup, you’re a legend. its comes across as more of a sign of respect that all players contribute but yeah lol he’s technically up there
@HONEST MAN UTD FAN 22 years. Sub-protagonist of a UCL run Scored the final goal MVP at worlds final Insane performance in Copa del Rey final Best real Madrid player in current UCL He's certainly there.
Juni Calafat's scouting has been special ever since he joined Madrid in 2014. Despite the fact that most of these youngsters were well known, it was he who pushed through these deals. Best examples are Rodrygo and Vini who were approached by Barcelona before Madrid. Kroos was a steal for Madrid as well as Di Mari who was later sold for 3x the price that Madrid bought him for.
He's actually promising, but yeah he doesn't have enough time play, and when he does, he doesn't really have an outstanding performance. I really thought he could get back in form at Eintracht and Fiorentina, but now it doesn't seem likely
@@MarcosGarcia-pj3pqbro you loved what exactly? I watched every game he played (haven’t missed a single Madrid game since 2010). I just remember the back heel to Kasemiro and that nice finish with the left after Valverde’s pass. Every other game we played with 10 men basically.
@@Lymbe06 i just loved him as a player. even before he came. it’s like one of those players you like for no reason yk? i was always disappointed when he did play, but i still think he could’ve gotten more of a run in games, especially ahead of mariano yk?
@@MarcosGarcia-pj3pq no need to justify it bro, I also had high hopes. His mind wasn’t in the game, that’s all. His transfer to Madrid basically made him feel there’s no need to work anymore when it should have been the exact opposite. I remember Modric’s first season, it was like a disaster. He was actually voted as one of the worst transfers in the league, but just by his movement and control you could see there’s something there. I tried to find something tin Jovic too but I couldn’t. He missed way too many chances for Madrid’s quality that’s just shows he probably stopped working hard, easy as that.
I'm a fan of Real Madrid since 2002 and I love how Real changed the way of making transfers and the transfer politic overall...Investing in young talented players instead of buying "stars" from everywhere...The team that Real Madrid have now and the way how they are progressing is the best ever and scary 🔥👑
I think that how happy players are at madrid is key. All these youngsters love the club, they learn it from the veterans: Modric, Kroos, Benzema, Casemiro, Marcelo, etc. Many of them could perhaps make more money in PSG or the premier league, but there's nowehere they will be as happy as in Madrid. In other clubs you face ego duels between players, bad relationship with the manager, toxic fans, etc.
@@jasonschafer4723 Yes, there are toxic fans everywhere. However, Casilla's case was special because most of us fans were very angry with the club with how we left. Bale had some moments when the relationship with the fans was not good, but I think he's probably one of the exceptions for the last few years.
@@davidzhan Its gotta be said that Madrid went to LA for a training camp/friendly shortly after Bale joined the LA side, and Bale met up with his team mates, coaches and other club staff voluntarily, it didnt end great, but he was a fantastic club servant and was well loved behind the scenes
@@jasonschafer4723 If u study deep down deeper down the rabbit hole for better context, you would know exactly why Madrid fans treated Bale and Casillas they way they do towards their later portion of their careers.
@@ratikantrout1865who has scored 2 winning goals in ucl final? How much were they paid? Psg spent more than half billion to get 1 ucl trophy yet still not have any, bale majorly contributed to 4. 4! How much he cost? Obviously not as much as neymar or mbappe to psg. And that only about ucl, he also contributed majorly to other trophies.
The changes from buying already made superstars like modric, bale, kroos, Ronaldo and switching to players like vini Jr who was an unknown talent etc this has to be the smartest move compared to barca who still seem to be trying to buy experienced superstars and it doesn't work all the time
Madrid's best strategy is they keep winning stuff. While teams like liverpool can be defined by magical moments like Istanbul, kids who were watching at that time might become fan of the liverpool. But by winning every year, the chance that the kid that will become the next football superstar is watching, and want to play for madrid someday, is bigger.
Real madrid are incredible bc they trust their old generation, madrids team has barely changed since like 2016 but its because madrid know who theyre signing and those players always have longevity , the same will happen with the new gen, tchouameni, camavinga, vini, rodrygo, valverde
Its not that their transfer strategy is unique, buying young top talents is what many clubs do, but what actually makes Real Madrid so great and get the best talent is the simple fact that every player in the world, wether its a 16 year old in the academy or an established player, everyone wants to play for Real Madrid, they have it seeded in everyones minds that their dream is to play for them. So its that simple, when you have everyone in the world new and old wanting to play for you, you essentially have the world as your factory and you can pick and choose who you want, in this case they’re choosing young talent that has the prospects of becoming world class, good scouting to find those players is all you need, but the real impact is that everyone dream to play their, it makes it simple to bring players in
yea almost like, almost every rumour madrid has a interest with a player, or a promising young talent, that player almost always end up try to get out, or said they want to play in madrid lol, and i loved it
Real Madrid are simply a proper run football club they invest really well in getting the best young players in the world and run their club very well. Chelsea need to learn a thing or 2 on this and with how Real Madrid run their club, PSG need note taking on this and learn that making actual footballing decisions will contribute to having long term success in the champions league.
My god can you imagine a midfield of Tchouaméni, Valverde and Bellingham that will last at least a decade (and a half perhaps). And then you still have Camavinga who can either play as a back or just slide into that midfield whenever you need..
I love our current young core as well as the old guard. Although lately not as much, Carvajal frustrates me. Especially in La Liga. But aside from that and Militao losing focus in La Liga games not many complaints. The team is amazing and only getting better. We definitely need a right back and striker signing next season but everything else looks taken care of.
Tchuameni is 80 million but that money came from selling Casemiro to United for more money when his cost was 15 million and after winning 5 Champions League, Tchuameni will be massive he just arrived
I mean they got Camavinga for only 40 M while City bought Grealish for 100 M and even worse that Chelsea bought Enzo for 125 M 😂😂😂😂. This is definitely a shrewd recruiting strategy, when the rest of the world is building their own version of Galacticos which ended up with a bloated squad, Madrid has literally abandoned them. I can say even their veterans are still performing so well Carvajal, Vasquez and Nacho are still performing like they are in their 20s now that’s a true miracle works.
@@jonathangasana Well actually City spend more money in the last transfer window alone they brought in Kalvin Phillips, Haaland, Akanji, Ortega, Alvarez and others for crazy amount of money . While in the last 2 transfer windows Madrid only brought in Tchoua, Cama and Rudiger and one of them is a free transfer. Try again cheater, I hope FA charge you. Well it seems to be possible since their accusation deemed valid 🤣🤣🤣
Bale was not a failure at all he more than repaid his costs and fees by DIRECTLY winning them 2 champions leagues by scoring winning goals that decided those two finals. Ungrateful club. Against Athletico and Liverpool finals.
If you follow Bale week in week out you’ll also be frustrated with the player. His contribution in the finals will always be in history but in the leagues he was few and far between, often lacking drive and commitment. The only great overall season of his is only 2014-15, his first season. He was capable of so much more, despite his achievements.
@@langletprolet8378 He has been injured a lot but the games he played in he played well especially the finals and Champions League. I agree some of the things he’s done made some fans angry like taking a nap on bench but can’t be labeled a failure at all but it’s also that he was disappointed because little playing time last couple of years.
@@mohamb3785d It’s sad because 2014 version of Bale is one of my favorite players ever. But ever since theres just a lot of disappointments, particularly on the pitch when he got the chance. I don’t care much about off the pitch antics as long as you perform week in week out. His iconic goals in the finals including CdR will always make him club legend though. He’s definitely not a failure but not a complete success either.
Their focus on young talent is exceptional, but best believe if your club's best players never explicitly say they want to stay at their current club for a long time, they would still leave if Madrid came knocking.
I always wanted a top class team that could purchase young stars that don't have to sell after a couple of years because of financial reasons like Dortmund, Monaco or similar clubs... Real Madrid can afford to purchase 6 50+mn prospects, to wait until 3 of them succeed and sell the other 3. That's a $300mn investment in return of 3 100+ worth superstars and 3 players that could be sold for similar value than they bought them. A very, very smart move. They also did that again with Fran Garcia (23 years old), Arda Guller (18 years old), and secured the brazilian pearl Endrick (16 years old) Look at them now. The only top-10 team with a positive balance in the last 10 years and a team with Vini, Rodrygo, Bellingham, Camavinga, Tchouameni, Valverde, Brahim, Arda Guller (all
I’d even argue Brighton is better. All the young talent Madrid have ever signed were chased by every big club except maybe Valverde who was still on many team’s radars. Brighton buy under the radar youngsters
Yep, Jude is a proper player to relay the torch from Luka modric. With Modric extent his stay for another season, is also a great move for the transition with Jude
The wasted contracts to Bale in 2018 and Hazard in 2019 really hurt Madrid's chances to keep signing established stars. Once Hazard leaves, I think it'll be possible to see either Mbappe or Haaland join or perhaps even both. If there's a team that can make that happen it's Real Madrid.
Honestly yes Bale ran down his contract in the last seasons but you cannot call his time at Madrid a failure, he is a multi champions league winner and has won countless trophies for the club and will go down an all time great so out some respect on the name but it is true he ran down his contract
The renovations of the Bernabeu were funded by a loan which will be paid off by their partnership with Legends. The legends deal is a guaranteed €400m a year. Madrid has money to spend on galacticos but want to do so only for the right galactico. By doing so they’ve kept themselves from multiple failed big signings with a wage bill that could cripple the club as Barca have.
Real Madrid is the full package. In City or in PSG you have players like Verratti, Neymar, Mbappe, Bernardo Silva or Gundogan who want to leave, and they are not allowed. In Real Madrid is the other way around, you have players who should leave because they don´t play but they want to stay, and why is that: Terrific climate from september to June. Best club history in the world. The same values from the president to the cleaning staff. A club owned by 85.000 members and not by a millionaire or a dictator. Perfect food. And the door open to everybody who wants to leave because R.M only wants you to stay if you are committed with the targets for the club.
That's crazy in the market in this day and age, Real Madrid got Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo, Valverde, Camavinga and Bellingham for just €250 million. There team is going to be unstoppable fr. Vinicius Jr, Endrick, Rodrygo, Valverde, Camavinga, Tchuameni, Bellingham, Brahim Diaz, Militao all really young and some of the best players in there positions imagine they get the likes of Mbappe too 😳
Bale is not a failed transfer in Madrids history, he was so successful to the point were he is considered a legend. You can't put Bale and Hazard in the same category when talking about performances at Madrid.
I believe the strategy here is to sign young players of the same age group to grow old and reach their prime together, same as what happened during the (kroos, modric, ronaldo, benzema, ramos, casemiro) era. And using some old experienced low profile players to provide some xp
Real Madrid is a direct result of the capacity of their directors to look forward, starting with Santiago Bernabéu with the stadium in rumbles and no players against the Franco Regimen , asking directly to the people for money to build an stadium after the Spanish civil war in a location that at that time was out of the city , that brought the likes of DiEstefano , Puskas, etc , Them Florentino with the Galácticos and taking away the Spanish flag form the uniform , globalizing the brand and using images rights to bring more money, to the capacity to adapt in a time against club states that are back up by petrodollars or even the Chinese super league and the inflated premier league ( don’t understand how a league can be affordable with teams losing money, probable inflation), and after all that and looking at Real Madrid with a new rebuild stadium , young players , continue wining , looking at others at the Spanish league broken economically like Barca and Athetico de Madrid. All that Madrid continues to win even today that we know that Barcelona paid for 20 years to the second of the referees in order to “secure neutrality “ an explanation only accepted by sideblinded Barca fans.
The problem for Madrid now is that La liga has become a two team league. Before when there was a strong Valencia, Deportivo etc I used to love the La liga. Now it's the most boring league of the top 5 leagues besides the French league.
The risk of buying young players is very high example Reiner and Endrick that play like an very average player, Barcelona made that mistake with Halilovic, people do not understand how hard it is to find a world class player with a real potential of being a super star, real madrid had taken huge risk that has paid off. As a Barcelona fan this makes me jealous because when i started cheering for Barcelona most of their players came from La Masia and that Barça DNA made me love the club, but then they wanted to create a galatico team with ridiculous transfer fees like Coutihno, Grizmann, Dembele, ect.. now we see the huge crisis Barcelona is in, 😢 Congrats to Real Madrid and their scouts
Bale is most definitely not a failure. People just look at his final seasons, but he’s top 3 greatest right winger in Madrid’s history. That says a lot considering it’s Madrid.
Imagine once they have fully integrated Bellingham and he matures a little bit learning that he has not got to do everything in the midfield....Valverde, vinicius Junior, Bellingham, Tchouameni...there will be so much power, technique, creativity and dynamic on the pitch and these boys are all at around the same age. Get ready for another few CL titles for Real Madrid.
No they need rely LA Masia more instead of buying galaticos who don't do well at the club look how Xavi has provided a lever to the academy players when other managers that hadn't had barca DNA wouldn't difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid rl Barca should be the smartest club bc of how they develop their players and get them to the first team but barca went through awful owners
@@ryanwest6035 great sarcasm mate but its what is gonna win them probably 5 of the next 10 ucls. Look at vini, Rodrygo and cama. Already each one of the best itw in their position all under the age of 23. So keep crying that your clubs not as smart as them
Hazard, Mariano, Jovic, Lunin....sad that these players are left to rot with no play time...zidane saw great success through squad rotation which Ancelotti lacks..
Why didn’t you talk about how Real Madrid takes a HUGE chunk of the players image rights once they sign and that’s one way they make so much money. And that’s why the Mbappe deal is difficult. CR7 didn’t give up a lot and now players wanna walk all over rm now
Min 6:13 Albert Masnou (who the f is he?) saying Bale gave poor results??? I dont know about that one chief, Gareth Bale is a Real Madrid legend 1.000.000%
RM fans can't give Bale credit - it's tragic. Before he came RM ( A Ronoldo-led RM won zero CL ) - when Bale came they won. He had an impact in 4 out of the 5 CL trophies they won. . Get over yourselves - If Vini Jr. wins half of what Bale won I would be shocked
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You cannot say Bale was a failure at Madrid. To me he's a legend of the club and sure he's career did not come to a great ending but he was there for huge moments in Madrid's history
Very true
Nobody ever said he was a failure, he was a success tbh, scored in 2 champions league finals, scored that iconic goal to beat barca in the copa del rey final, and has balled out in a lot of matches, he's a baller
@@Mdksupreme1some do say that. Look at 6:00 in the video
Damn right... 2 UCL FINAL match winners, 1 el clasico CDR FINAL match winner.
Shame that since CR7 left, he went downhill or uninterested in football at all hence his early retirement
3 final goals and an assist in 2016
The reason rm's this strategy is successful is because they get young great players when the old guard is still there so they can learn n not get pressurized immediately,
Only vini jr struggled because ronaldo left n he had to play all games at rm , when it was planned to get him into squad slowly , great to see him turn things around.
It also helps that RM inevitably has the "pull" which gave them leverage regardless if the other clubs in Europe has unlimited amount of funds. Quite frankly, I don't think they really took away the "Galaticos" policy, they just learn, adapt & evolve the strats. In a way, make their next generation of "Galaticos" or should I like to call them "Hidden-Galaticos" with these young players.
@@danskyl7279 GalaCticos... Many clubs have a pull. Maybe Bellingham just wanted a better climate and less racism?
RM also spend big money like most modern football top clubs
@@sueyourself5413 Spain also have problem with racism, Vini is always being targeted by the local fans whenever Madrid playing away match, not to mention the whole voodoo doll of him made by Atletico fans. A problem that doesn't really translated when Madrid play abroad.
@@shaxxs It doesn't translate? Guy, I'm fully aware that racists exist in Spain and like football, there's just less of them than there are in other European countries.
For 90 minutes, football fans become bigots
Toni Kroos will go down as one of the best signings in the history of football
25M Euros, that’s crazy!
@@ronycoello9365 fr avarage players like enzo costs 120 mill in this market
Ronaldo 9
He is that already. So much that people forget he did also play at Bayern and even won the CL with Bayern, too.
what about Modric? wasnt he 30 million or something like that?
they got valverde for 4 mill
thats insane
Whats insane is we got got Toni Kroos....Toni......for 30mil...lol
@@dobekhil Yup considering the transfers that year in 2014, he was a steal
@@dobekhil kroos was bought for 25k .
Yup. I think only Brazil league sell 20m and up lol. Peñarol could’ve gotten more tbh
@@dobekhil Luka Modric for 35 lol
Courtois for 35M is one of the most underrated Madrid purchases of the last 10 years
Donnarumma for £0 is better
@@nickfba if you wanna win the french league yea.
He had just 1year left on his contract and wanted to leave so you can't call it underrated.
@@AronZNovak and Spanish...paying £0 for a better keeper ? No brainer
you say that, but then there's Camavinga at around 30 mil and Kroos for 30 mil in the last 10 years xd
6:03 poor results from the investments on Bale? He helped them win 3 CL trophies (one of which he scored arguably the most iconic CL goal.) I get he was difficult by the end but his impact definitely can be considered a success, not a failure.
Facts
@@clementine2001 Well they are quoting the Spanish reporter, who might have been on the Madrid agenda
Sure, that's true. But still, after those 5 seasons, he literally stopped trying. Wanted to play golf more than football, and even worse.. decided to run down the contract while not playing at all. He was worth during those 5 seasons, but what he did after that completely destroyed any good will he had. Besides, he never actually had a great season when he was fit throughout. He'd play for 3 months and then get injured, and be gone for 2. This kept repeating in his entire Real career
@@chrisnicholson5032The reporter they quote works for Sport, a catalan based media and Barcelona fundamentalist. Only a fool madridista would consider the Bale Transfer a failure.
yup yup. i consider bale a club legend. fatzard on the other hand has had 0 contribution whatsoever
Im a barca fan, but even i (and most barça fans secretly) can admit Madrid is by far the best run and most successful club in the wolrd. I have nothing but absolute repect for them (and envy😅).
The difference is Barcelona Produce exceotional talents at La Masia as A Real Madrid fan we also produced some of great talents even now but Real Madrid will sell their academy products no matter how good they are at the same time Barcelona will use their talents .
@@notorious3416 That's true, La masía is certainly Barças strength. Although, Real have the ability to smartly buy the correct players at the correct time.
@@notorious3416a Masia has only produced one great generation of players, which is the Messi Xavi, and Iniesta class. That had never happened before in their entire history, nor will it happen again. It's got more to do with Crujff than any Barcelona strategy. La Masia has never been viewed as one of the top academies in Europe. Again, they've had one fluke of a generation. If La Masia was good at all, they wouldn't be buying so much recently, just as they did before Messi and comp. Let's quit assigning them undeserved credit. If you remember at all before Messi, you'd be laughing at comments of people saying, 'oh yeah, they have great academy.' why didn't they produce anything good since Messi? Tsk, tsk..
Finally a respectful barca you can talk with lol. Most of us Madridistas honestly envy your youth development program as well. The problem you guys seem in Barca is that they seem to be unable to be stable enough to be a team for their youth to grow. It's like every year there are stars they sign that starts up to the team ahead of the young talent but doesn't really match their playing identity. Causing them not only money but waste the development of their players. While RMs problem is that they do develop their young talents well too, but they don't rate them much and just sell them. Guys like, antonio blanco, sergio arribas, ødigaard, theo Hernandez would definitely get a chance for barca, yet never gets a chance at madrid and fumble them. Such a weird thing to do by big clubs.
@@notorious3416 Man I hope we get Fran Garcia back, so we can put Camavinga in Midfield.
How can u put Hazard & Bale in the same sentence. Let me remind u Bale was a huge success, scored 106 goals, 67 assists. Won 5 champions league, 3 LaLiga. In 2018 Bale & Zidane had some issues, after that his career went into a turmoil.
Exactly. Hazard hasn't done jack shit at Madrid. Bale has been crucial in winning multiple trophies.. not to mention that unforgettable bicycle kick against Liverpool in the 2018 UCL final.
@@sudeepssj4 And the legendary goal against Barcelona!
Spot on. Add to the fact he was injury prone and not in favour to start every game he has done so well
@@themed6023straight up violated bartra
The fact that vini is already a real Madrid legend says alot
@HONEST MAN UTD FAN actually is
Was a key piece to winning every trophy at real Madrids reach
@HONEST MAN UTD FAN by the clubs standard, if you’ve won a champions league or european cup, you’re a legend. its comes across as more of a sign of respect that all players contribute but yeah lol
he’s technically up there
@HONEST MAN UTD FAN he’s a madrid legend cuz he scored the only goal in a final for the club to win jus like zidane
@HONEST MAN UTD FAN 22 years.
Sub-protagonist of a UCL run
Scored the final goal
MVP at worlds final
Insane performance in Copa del Rey final
Best real Madrid player in current UCL
He's certainly there.
@honestmanutdfan603 He's the real star boy and not sancho,saka or rashford
Juni Calafat's scouting has been special ever since he joined Madrid in 2014. Despite the fact that most of these youngsters were well known, it was he who pushed through these deals. Best examples are Rodrygo and Vini who were approached by Barcelona before Madrid. Kroos was a steal for Madrid as well as Di Mari who was later sold for 3x the price that Madrid bought him for.
Facts
I had such high hopes for Jovic. Sadly he just faltered into abyss.
He's actually promising, but yeah he doesn't have enough time play, and when he does, he doesn't really have an outstanding performance. I really thought he could get back in form at Eintracht and Fiorentina, but now it doesn't seem likely
i loved jovic when he was here. he just never got a good run of games cause of benzema
@@MarcosGarcia-pj3pqbro you loved what exactly? I watched every game he played (haven’t missed a single Madrid game since 2010). I just remember the back heel to Kasemiro and that nice finish with the left after Valverde’s pass. Every other game we played with 10 men basically.
@@Lymbe06 i just loved him as a player. even before he came. it’s like one of those players you like for no reason yk? i was always disappointed when he did play, but i still think he could’ve gotten more of a run in games, especially ahead of mariano yk?
@@MarcosGarcia-pj3pq no need to justify it bro, I also had high hopes. His mind wasn’t in the game, that’s all. His transfer to Madrid basically made him feel there’s no need to work anymore when it should have been the exact opposite.
I remember Modric’s first season, it was like a disaster. He was actually voted as one of the worst transfers in the league, but just by his movement and control you could see there’s something there. I tried to find something tin Jovic too but I couldn’t. He missed way too many chances for Madrid’s quality that’s just shows he probably stopped working hard, easy as that.
kroos for 25 mil has to be one of the best signings in history
Right? Odegard for 5M same
@@ICorro007 😂😂😂 who the hell is odegard in front of kroos or even who thehell is arsenal ..kroos boots better
I'm a fan of Real Madrid since 2002 and I love how Real changed the way of making transfers and the transfer politic overall...Investing in young talented players instead of buying "stars" from everywhere...The team that Real Madrid have now and the way how they are progressing is the best ever and scary 🔥👑
I think that how happy players are at madrid is key. All these youngsters love the club, they learn it from the veterans: Modric, Kroos, Benzema, Casemiro, Marcelo, etc. Many of them could perhaps make more money in PSG or the premier league, but there's nowehere they will be as happy as in Madrid. In other clubs you face ego duels between players, bad relationship with the manager, toxic fans, etc.
Madrid fans can be toxic though, they booed club legends like Bale, had a terrible farewell for Casillas, etc…
@@jasonschafer4723 Yes, there are toxic fans everywhere. However, Casilla's case was special because most of us fans were very angry with the club with how we left. Bale had some moments when the relationship with the fans was not good, but I think he's probably one of the exceptions for the last few years.
@@davidzhan Its gotta be said that Madrid went to LA for a training camp/friendly shortly after Bale joined the LA side, and Bale met up with his team mates, coaches and other club staff voluntarily, it didnt end great, but he was a fantastic club servant and was well loved behind the scenes
@@jasonschafer4723 If u study deep down deeper down the rabbit hole for better context, you would know exactly why Madrid fans treated Bale and Casillas they way they do towards their later portion of their careers.
@@mordoskull3018 Real Madrid is Bale favorite childhood club so of course he loves it to a certain extend.
Bale scored a bicycle kick after coming off the bench to win them the Champions League a long with many other moments. I wouldn’t call him a failure.
Apart from the match what was his contribution that season
@@ratikantrout1865 i think thats enough contribution
@@ratikantrout1865who has scored 2 winning goals in ucl final? How much were they paid? Psg spent more than half billion to get 1 ucl trophy yet still not have any, bale majorly contributed to 4. 4! How much he cost? Obviously not as much as neymar or mbappe to psg. And that only about ucl, he also contributed majorly to other trophies.
@@ratikantrout1865that winning bicycle kick and iconic copa del rey final goal alone makes him worth his price.
@@bulvenizeyorei1978 I was talking about that season
The sentence "a modest 100,000£ a week" is crazy 😂
The changes from buying already made superstars like modric, bale, kroos, Ronaldo and switching to players like vini Jr who was an unknown talent etc this has to be the smartest move compared to barca who still seem to be trying to buy experienced superstars and it doesn't work all the time
Not rlly unknown tbh he was a rising star in Brazil
Who’s top of the Spanish league? 🤦🏻♂️
They paid €45m for an “unknown talent”? It’s safe to say he was known well enough!
@@alanx8873 was an unknown player what played 1 or 2 seasons how was he guaranteed to play well in la liga
@Keithydream again I mentioned that barca buy experienced players but not always does it work
Very well done! I appreciate the mention of Juni. Although, one small point that should be remembered is that this policy started with Ødegaard.
Casemiro
Madrid's best strategy is they keep winning stuff.
While teams like liverpool can be defined by magical moments like Istanbul, kids who were watching at that time might become fan of the liverpool.
But by winning every year, the chance that the kid that will become the next football superstar is watching, and want to play for madrid someday, is bigger.
Real madrid are incredible bc they trust their old generation, madrids team has barely changed since like 2016 but its because madrid know who theyre signing and those players always have longevity , the same will happen with the new gen, tchouameni, camavinga, vini, rodrygo, valverde
Bale didn’t play munch at the end of the season but he definitely wasn’t a bust he’s the most decorated English player
He is NOT English.
Bale is Welsh.
He’s not English 🤡
**sigh** he's British, my friend, not English.
Its not that their transfer strategy is unique, buying young top talents is what many clubs do, but what actually makes Real Madrid so great and get the best talent is the simple fact that every player in the world, wether its a 16 year old in the academy or an established player, everyone wants to play for Real Madrid, they have it seeded in everyones minds that their dream is to play for them.
So its that simple, when you have everyone in the world new and old wanting to play for you, you essentially have the world as your factory and you can pick and choose who you want, in this case they’re choosing young talent that has the prospects of becoming world class, good scouting to find those players is all you need, but the real impact is that everyone dream to play their, it makes it simple to bring players in
Their philosophy is more a technical players
Madrid pull is unmatched.
yea almost like, almost every rumour madrid has a interest with a player, or a promising young talent, that player almost always end up try to get out, or said they want to play in madrid lol, and i loved it
They buy so many young players, it only takes 2 or 3 to work out of 10 to make it worthwhile
fm 23 model lol
@@MarcosGarcia-pj3pq lol jajaja
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Real Madrid are simply a proper run football club they invest really well in getting the best young players in the world and run their club very well. Chelsea need to learn a thing or 2 on this and with how Real Madrid run their club, PSG need note taking on this and learn that making actual footballing decisions will contribute to having long term success in the champions league.
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Problem with chelsea we invest into buying stars when our youth have time and time again they are good players that can be top draw players
PSG is run by a clown named nasser al khelaifi
@@jesterbeats2898 Chelsea has a very good youth system but they don't know how to use it
My god can you imagine a midfield of Tchouaméni, Valverde and Bellingham that will last at least a decade (and a half perhaps). And then you still have Camavinga who can either play as a back or just slide into that midfield whenever you need..
BALE IS NOT A BAD SIGNING!!
You don't have to disrespect Casimero like this. he was part of the reason why real Madrid dominated Europe.
I love our current young core as well as the old guard. Although lately not as much, Carvajal frustrates me. Especially in La Liga. But aside from that and Militao losing focus in La Liga games not many complaints. The team is amazing and only getting better. We definitely need a right back and striker signing next season but everything else looks taken care of.
Best thing Grandpa Carvajal did last week was mess with Grealish.
Tchuameni is 80 million but that money came from selling Casemiro to United for more money when his cost was 15 million and after winning 5 Champions League, Tchuameni will be massive he just arrived
I mean they got Camavinga for only 40 M while City bought Grealish for 100 M and even worse that Chelsea bought Enzo for 125 M 😂😂😂😂. This is definitely a shrewd recruiting strategy, when the rest of the world is building their own version of Galacticos which ended up with a bloated squad, Madrid has literally abandoned them. I can say even their veterans are still performing so well Carvajal, Vasquez and Nacho are still performing like they are in their 20s now that’s a true miracle works.
Camavinga costed 35 M Euros.😅
Grealish is good though, overpriced but still good.
They also bought tchaumeni for 80 mill + 20 mill in add ons, while city bought haaland, alvarez and akanji for a combined price of 80 mill....
City got Haaland and Alvarez for less than Madrid got Tcuomeni for. And lol 4-0 🤡
@@jonathangasana Well actually City spend more money in the last transfer window alone they brought in Kalvin Phillips, Haaland, Akanji, Ortega, Alvarez and others for crazy amount of money . While in the last 2 transfer windows Madrid only brought in Tchoua, Cama and Rudiger and one of them is a free transfer. Try again cheater, I hope FA charge you. Well it seems to be possible since their accusation deemed valid 🤣🤣🤣
Juni calafat was the one who made the signing of odegaard. This signing was what initiated the new signing policy on real madrid.
Bale was not a failure at all he more than repaid his costs and fees by DIRECTLY winning them 2 champions leagues by scoring winning goals that decided those two finals. Ungrateful club. Against Athletico and Liverpool finals.
If you follow Bale week in week out you’ll also be frustrated with the player. His contribution in the finals will always be in history but in the leagues he was few and far between, often lacking drive and commitment. The only great overall season of his is only 2014-15, his first season. He was capable of so much more, despite his achievements.
@@langletprolet8378 He has been injured a lot but the games he played in he played well especially the finals and Champions League. I agree some of the things he’s done made some fans angry like taking a nap on bench but can’t be labeled a failure at all but it’s also that he was disappointed because little playing time last couple of years.
@@mohamb3785d It’s sad because 2014 version of Bale is one of my favorite players ever. But ever since theres just a lot of disappointments, particularly on the pitch when he got the chance. I don’t care much about off the pitch antics as long as you perform week in week out. His iconic goals in the finals including CdR will always make him club legend though. He’s definitely not a failure but not a complete success either.
Their focus on young talent is exceptional, but best believe if your club's best players never explicitly say they want to stay at their current club for a long time, they would still leave if Madrid came knocking.
Real VARdrid conspired
Greedy Super League
Carvajal,Kroos escaped Red Vs City
VARdrid - Smart,Corrupt?😂
@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings look how mad this loser is 😂😂😂
not Gavi, Ansu, Pedri or Araujo they'd never leave for Real Madrid
@@pobo6689 Why would Real ask such overrated sh*t?
They are in place where they belong
@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings I can't imagine being you tbh.
The thumbnail on this vid is 👍🏼
I always wanted a top class team that could purchase young stars that don't have to sell after a couple of years because of financial reasons like Dortmund, Monaco or similar clubs... Real Madrid can afford to purchase 6 50+mn prospects, to wait until 3 of them succeed and sell the other 3. That's a $300mn investment in return of 3 100+ worth superstars and 3 players that could be sold for similar value than they bought them. A very, very smart move. They also did that again with Fran Garcia (23 years old), Arda Guller (18 years old), and secured the brazilian pearl Endrick (16 years old)
Look at them now. The only top-10 team with a positive balance in the last 10 years and a team with Vini, Rodrygo, Bellingham, Camavinga, Tchouameni, Valverde, Brahim, Arda Guller (all
Agreed I also think Brighton are up there with smartest clubs in Europe
Brentford too tbf
Real are the smartest of the big clubs. There are plenty of clever smaller clubs, though.
Man city up there
I’d even argue Brighton is better. All the young talent Madrid have ever signed were chased by every big club except maybe Valverde who was still on many team’s radars. Brighton buy under the radar youngsters
Yeah
Real Madrid literally considers Bale as a club legend, how was he a failure?
in the later stage may be. terrible last 3/4 seasons
@@the_yb7 Still a legend dear ol Bale. Clutch player when we needed him most.
He's actually a little odd and he finised in a weird relations with the club and the fans. But in sports terms he's a legend.
bale value still speaks for his performance especially in big matches
Makes me proud of Madrid ❤🏆🎉
Kendrick is next in line, a BALLER 😊
Kendrick Lamar?
Players like Nacho and Lucas Vasquez developing and becoming productive first 11 players can’t go un noticed
Yep, Jude is a proper player to relay the torch from Luka modric. With Modric extent his stay for another season, is also a great move for the transition with Jude
Who’s here after Jude is the current top scorer for Madrid
The wasted contracts to Bale in 2018 and Hazard in 2019 really hurt Madrid's chances to keep signing established stars. Once Hazard leaves, I think it'll be possible to see either Mbappe or Haaland join or perhaps even both. If there's a team that can make that happen it's Real Madrid.
Honestly yes Bale ran down his contract in the last seasons but you cannot call his time at Madrid a failure, he is a multi champions league winner and has won countless trophies for the club and will go down an all time great so out some respect on the name but it is true he ran down his contract
Only someone who doesn’t watch football would ever come close to saying bale was a waste of money
It also aid that almost all South American players dream of a Real Madrid move
The renovations of the Bernabeu were funded by a loan which will be paid off by their partnership with Legends. The legends deal is a guaranteed €400m a year. Madrid has money to spend on galacticos but want to do so only for the right galactico. By doing so they’ve kept themselves from multiple failed big signings with a wage bill that could cripple the club as Barca have.
Real Madrid is the full package. In City or in PSG you have players like Verratti, Neymar, Mbappe, Bernardo Silva or Gundogan who want to leave, and they are not allowed. In Real Madrid is the other way around, you have players who should leave because they don´t play but they want to stay, and why is that: Terrific climate from september to June. Best club history in the world. The same values from the president to the cleaning staff. A club owned by 85.000 members and not by a millionaire or a dictator. Perfect food. And the door open to everybody who wants to leave because R.M only wants you to stay if you are committed with the targets for the club.
European history is enslaver
whos ancestor
raid the rest to build europe.
But this one is bad because others are doing it eh?
It's not all that nice, the league has become boring. And Real have always been favored by the state anyway, so you don't need a dictator.
That's crazy in the market in this day and age, Real Madrid got Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo, Valverde, Camavinga and Bellingham for just €250 million. There team is going to be unstoppable fr. Vinicius Jr, Endrick, Rodrygo, Valverde, Camavinga, Tchuameni, Bellingham, Brahim Diaz, Militao all really young and some of the best players in there positions imagine they get the likes of Mbappe too 😳
I remember when united where spoken about in these conversations
Bale is not a failed transfer in Madrids history, he was so successful to the point were he is considered a legend. You can't put Bale and Hazard in the same category when talking about performances at Madrid.
3:53 "in 19 90 1000th"😂😂
Bale isn’t a failure
Real Madrid has became more of a possession based team from pre season to now ever since Benzema left.
they are very lucky their established players have been so good at such an old age. that's why they can afford to make one massive signing per season
Bale is one of the greatest signings ever
I believe the strategy here is to sign young players of the same age group to grow old and reach their prime together, same as what happened during the (kroos, modric, ronaldo, benzema, ramos, casemiro) era.
And using some old experienced low profile players to provide some xp
Fede was a steal
Bellingham is already a galactico ngl
Create breakdown. I totally agree.
Real Madrid is a direct result of the capacity of their directors to look forward, starting with Santiago Bernabéu with the stadium in rumbles and no players against the Franco Regimen , asking directly to the people for money to build an stadium after the Spanish civil war in a location that at that time was out of the city , that brought the likes of DiEstefano , Puskas, etc , Them Florentino with the Galácticos and taking away the Spanish flag form the uniform , globalizing the brand and using images rights to bring more money, to the capacity to adapt in a time against club states that are back up by petrodollars or even the Chinese super league and the inflated premier league ( don’t understand how a league can be affordable with teams losing money, probable inflation), and after all that and looking at Real Madrid with a new rebuild stadium , young players , continue wining , looking at others at the Spanish league broken economically like Barca and Athetico de Madrid.
All that Madrid continues to win even today that we know that Barcelona paid for 20 years to the second of the referees in order to “secure neutrality “ an explanation only accepted by sideblinded Barca fans.
The problem for Madrid now is that La liga has become a two team league. Before when there was a strong Valencia, Deportivo etc I used to love the La liga. Now it's the most boring league of the top 5 leagues besides the French league.
Barca hasnt payed the referees you fool
The risk of buying young players is very high example Reiner and Endrick that play like an very average player, Barcelona made that mistake with Halilovic, people do not understand how hard it is to find a world class player with a real potential of being a super star, real madrid had taken huge risk that has paid off. As a Barcelona fan this makes me jealous because when i started cheering for Barcelona most of their players came from La Masia and that Barça DNA made me love the club, but then they wanted to create a galatico team with ridiculous transfer fees like Coutihno, Grizmann, Dembele, ect.. now we see the huge crisis Barcelona is in, 😢
Congrats to Real Madrid and their scouts
Bale is a legend
"the modric and kroos that has dominated" it was only casemiro leave that madrid lost
Who’s here after Real Madrid lost 4-0 to Man City
😅
Bale is most definitely not a failure. People just look at his final seasons, but he’s top 3 greatest right winger in Madrid’s history. That says a lot considering it’s Madrid.
This is a proper montage!
Got outplayed badly by Man City🙄
😅
Imagine once they have fully integrated Bellingham and he matures a little bit learning that he has not got to do everything in the midfield....Valverde, vinicius Junior, Bellingham, Tchouameni...there will be so much power, technique, creativity and dynamic on the pitch and these boys are all at around the same age. Get ready for another few CL titles for Real Madrid.
CL is done, next to come is Superliga.
Their diversity is why they are so great. Barca’s Spanish bias is why they will never be bigger than Real Madrid.
No they need rely LA Masia more instead of buying galaticos who don't do well at the club look how Xavi has provided a lever to the academy players when other managers that hadn't had barca DNA wouldn't difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid rl Barca should be the smartest club bc of how they develop their players and get them to the first team but barca went through awful owners
Diversh*ty 💩
2:25 - I think "SUMMER 2018/19" is a bit confusing. The summer in question is 2018.
Smartness Expired Yesterday 😂
Bale is a legend no a failure
So basically they just applied common sense instead of the Galactico fiasco like at PSG
Yep spending 40-70m on young talent is so smart and brave.
@@ryanwest6035 great sarcasm mate but its what is gonna win them probably 5 of the next 10 ucls. Look at vini, Rodrygo and cama. Already each one of the best itw in their position all under the age of 23. So keep crying that your clubs not as smart as them
@@ryanwest6035Better than signing average players without potential for 100M
Bale was not a failure. But coming from a Sport journalist i am not surprised.
aged like a milk :D
Just how tf is bale a failure? Ffs the man gave you more than hundred goals and 5 CLs, are you out of your mind?
And the fact that Vinicius Jr. is just 21 years of age and that he already has almost 300 appearances for them is crazy‼️
He had almosy 150, which is still impressive to be honest
@@fillipinern7588 I checked on Wikipedia, it says 236 appears...Still a lot anyway
How was Bale a waste of money!?
This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about, Bale won them directly 2 champions leagues.
@@mohamb3785d3
Assisted the goal in 2026 best player in the game scored a penalty
its nuts how much talent flows out of dortmund
Real Madrid have some top players. They are developing a new young side.
For Hazard joining Madrid was just a retirement plan.
Hazard, Mariano, Jovic, Lunin....sad that these players are left to rot with no play time...zidane saw great success through squad rotation which Ancelotti lacks..
Keeping Modric and Kross to mentor the young lads. That's why Perez is irreplaceable at Madrid
This showed up on my feed after the 4-0 loss to Man City… lol
patience.
Why didn’t you talk about how Real Madrid takes a HUGE chunk of the players image rights once they sign and that’s one way they make so much money. And that’s why the Mbappe deal is difficult. CR7 didn’t give up a lot and now players wanna walk all over rm now
Crazy they only spend 43M euros vinicius jr and camvinga just 31M euros is well spend investment scouting people deserves huge credit
As Thiery Henry rightfully said, Real Madrid/Don Florentino Perez knows exactly when to move on players….. Varane, Casemiro, Jovic, Hazard, Bale,
bellingham to madrid just so he can be benched and kroos and modric start jajaja
This video aged well didn't it? lol.
Endrick güller Nico Paz Alfonso Davies 🥶
They missed out on Haaland tho because they were hoping on Mbappe
how was bale a poor investment?
Min 6:13 Albert Masnou (who the f is he?) saying Bale gave poor results??? I dont know about that one chief, Gareth Bale is a Real Madrid legend 1.000.000%
Love the video
RM fans can't give Bale credit - it's tragic. Before he came RM ( A Ronoldo-led RM won zero CL ) - when Bale came they won. He had an impact in 4 out of the 5 CL trophies they won. . Get over yourselves - If Vini Jr. wins half of what Bale won I would be shocked
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Real is king of soccer team
UCL 14
LALIGA 35
GOD DAMM!
99% of good teams have an average age of 26/27. They have a mix of young and experienced players working together. That is what the evidence shows.