Real Madrid is already working on finding a substitute for guarantees for Zidane. The French coach has not yet communicated his departure to the club or the players, but for several weeks he has been sending messages, both in the talks with the footballers and in the conversations with the leaders, which have caused everyone to assume that he is going to leave the white bench at the end of the season.
For this reason, Madrid put the machinery in gear for weeks to have its relief prepared in case it leaves. One of those movements, as AS has learned, has been to talk with Raúl to find out his availability to take the reins of the first team. The answer, as is logical, has been affirmative, although the main objective of these meetings was to know the intentions of Raúl both when planning the staff and in the work methodology.
Raúl has made an idea clear: if he is the chosen one, he wants to do a deep reconstruction in the squad. Many heavyweights should leave the club, because one of the goals of the Seven It would be to give a lot of prominence to young people, both those who are in the squad and those on loan and homegrown players. For that, several of the footballers who have so far blocked their place must come out.
In those conversations, the leaders have confirmed something that they already sensed from the work carried out by Raúl so far: he is a demanding technician and with methods quite different from those of Zidane. The profile may seem similar from the outside, because both are legends of the club and used Castilla as a school, but the reality is that they are very different coaches. Raúl learned a lot in Germany and uses very demanding training methods, putting a lot of emphasis on physical preparation.
Eintracht
The talks with Madrid began last week, after last Thursday, May 6, several Eintracht leaders traveled to the capital of Spain to propose to Raúl the option of taking over the reins of the Frankfurt team next season. The Spanish coach ended up delighted with the proposal, but asked for time to think about it for two reasons: He had the promotion playoff ahead of him and before giving a definitive answer he wanted to know Zidane's intentions.
As a result, Raúl's environment informed Madrid of the German club's offer and talks began about the possibility of taking the first team. They let him know that he was one of the main candidates, although not the only one. Knowing this, and despite the fact that he is very attracted to the Eintracht offer, Raúl has stopped everything until he knows the final decision. The answer will not take long to be known and the intention of Real Madrid is that next week, when the League ends, it will be known who will occupy the white bench. Right now Raúl is in the race and with serious options to win it …