Ancelotti's barn

Madrid will kick off the preseason in eight days with hardly any news. For at least the first two weeks, until the first internationals rejoin, Carlo Ancelotti will have at his command a small group of just thirteen players. But as troops are added, the group will grow to 29 players. Among them, the seven loaned players that this June 30 formally end their loan period in their respective destinations. In a context of economic containment not very conducive to signings, the Italian coach must find reinforcements among those loaned. Some return with the club's confirmation that they are staying, others must convince Ancelotti and there will be those who will have to seek their destiny again. This is the situation of each of them.

Vallejo (24 years old, Granada)

The Aragonese can have a place in the team. It depends on the movements of the market. The non-renewal of Ramos and the possible departure of Varane may open a door for him in the first team as a central quarter, behind Alaba, Militao and Nacho. But he must also convince Ancelotti, who has noticed the youth squad Mario Gila. Vallejo has spent the last two years on loan, the first half season at Wolverhampton and the rest at Granada., where he has not enjoyed minutes (1,346 'in 21 league games last season). He has a contract until 2025, after having renewed before going to the Premier. It will be one of those that has been in Valdebebas since the first day, on July 5.

Ceballos (24 years old, Arsenal)

He has also spent two years away, in his case at Arsenal, with whom he has played 77 games. This summer he is not willing to accept another loan. Either he stays in Madrid or his situation outside the white team will go from provisional to definitive. The Andalusian will ask to leave if Ancelotti decides not to have him. “The time has come to take the firm step of staying or going pierced,” he said recently in an interview. He will wait to know Ancelotti's plans for him. Luis de la Fuente is going to arrive at the Games (the soccer tournament is held from July 22 to August 7), so he will not join Madrid until well into August.

Odegaard (22, Arsenal)

Herenveen, Vitesse, Real Sociedad … After making three stops, it seemed that last summer the Norwegian was back to stay after a brilliant season as txuri-urdin. But, despite the fact that the Frenchman tried to vary his drawing to accommodate him, he did not fit in with Zidane and went to finish the season at Arsenal with Ceballos. Ancelotti, who gave him the alternative with the first team at the closing of the 2014-15 League, has the task of finding him a place in the team. The player himself has confirmed that the club has told him that he is coming back, this time, to stay. It is cited on July 5.

Brahim (21, Milan)

His future, as AS has said, depends on the impression that Ancelotti transmits to him in the agreement he intends to maintain with the coach. But that talk depends on whether De la Fuente finally includes it this Tuesday in the call for the Games. The man from Malaga, who has shone this season in the 39 games he has played with the shirt rossonera, They only contemplate two alternatives in their plans: stay at Madrid or repeat another season on loan at Milan, where they have been very satisfied with their performance..

Bale (31, Tottenham)

The Welshman has alternated brilliant performances in the Eurocup, such as in the game against Turkey, with other more discreet ones, in his line of recent years. Bale has said actively and passively that he will not think about his future until his participation in the tournament is over, while acknowledging that, with a contract, he must first return to Real Madrid and place himself under Ancelotti's orders.. After the elimination of Wales, that will happen on July 19. Both the coach and Florentino Pérez have expressed optimism in the British, but the contract ends in 2022 and this is the last opportunity for Madrid to get some money for his departure through a transfer.

Jovic (23 years old, Eintracht)

The Serbian can say goodbye definitively after two years far from expectations (it cost 60 million euros) and a few last months on loan to Eintracht, his home team. Although he has been very far from the voracious scorer he was before signing for Madrid, the Frankfurt club is interested in staying with the striker, but to take on the operation (transfer and player's record) it must be detached before André Silva, that this campaign has stood out with 29 goals in the Bundesliga.

Kubo (20 years old, Getafe)

The bureaucracy leads the Japanese to a new assignment. Madrid has covered the three non-EU places with Vinicius, Rodrygo and Militao and, although the nationalization of the first is in process, it may not arrive in time for the closing of the market. Kubo, after terminating his loan at Villarreal, had an intermittent second half of the season at Getafe. Mallorca, on his return to the First Division, is interested in having him again on loan like two years ago. But first, this summer is ahead of his participation in the Tokyo Games with the host team.