“Devastated because my last game in the Champions League with Bayern was a bitter one. The whole squad and I were determined and hungry to reach the semi-finals. It hurt. What I do know is that we became champions not only because of the victories, but also because of the setbacks of the past. We will not waste this loss. ” That way I know fired David Alaba (28 years old) from the European competition that he won last August with the Bavarian team. Just one day later, Real Madrid reached the semifinals of the tournament: it will be the ninth time in the last 11 editions … In all probability, next season the Austrian defender will be seen wearing the Madrid shirt and the shield with the number ¿ 14? on the sleeve of his shirt …
The possible exits of Sergio Ramos and Raphaël Varane, perhaps also that of Marcelo, make the arrival of the left-handed player to the Chamartín entity more than likely. He would come to occupy the position of left-handed center-back, even that of winger in the absence of Ferland Mendy. In the case of the first case, the failure to reach an agreement between Sergio Ramo and the white club opens up that possibility. Not in vain, in this campaign, Alaba has participated in 39 games across all competitions, acting as a left-handed center-back in 31 games. (79.48%). He has also been a left-handed winger (only once), a defensive pivot (he has done it twice) and in five he acted as a midfielder. This versatility has been one of the keys to his arrival at the white entity.
Positional and statistical analysis of David Alaba. BeSoccer Pro
What's more, the recent actions of Nacho and Militao make that within the white entity they are calm in the aspect of the possible exits of the two titular centrals. Especially with Nacho: they see that the step forward that the youth squad has taken before the losses of Ramos and Varane has placed him in front of the two starting centrals. The personality shown in Liverpool and in the Classic has earned him more respect and consideration among the board and, above all, among the fans, than he already had. The Brazilian, for his part, has cleared up doubts.
While the contractual situation of Ramos for the white club is resolved, Alaba will collect about 10 million clean per season (rumors indicate that he had asked for a salary of 11 million net per campaign, an amount equal to that offered by the white entity), placing in one of the first positions of the salary scale of the white workforce. In Madrid he will coincide with Toni Kroos, with whom he coincided in the ranks of Bayern Munich for four seasons (It is said that he is looking for a house in La Finca, right where the German lives). The renewal of the Madrid squad is in full process, and Alaba begins to get too close to the Chamartín entity …