Seven first-team players on the grass at Valdebebas
Real Madrid trained at Valdebebas on Monday with only seven first-team players available (1). Courtois, Lunin, Carreras, Asencio, Rüdiger and Tchouaméni were the senior names, with Thiago Pitarch also in the group (1). Injuries and international duty have stripped the squad down.
The next match is Villarreal at home on Saturday, October 10 at 21:00 CEST, so there is more than a week of work before LaLiga returns (1).
Madrid named among the clubs ready to spend in January
Transfermarkt's Gonçalo Tristão Santos expects the biggest European clubs to be active in the winter market, and Real Madrid is on that list alongside Manchester City, Manchester United and Atlético Madrid (2). Kylian Mbappé is the name attached to the story (2).
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McTominay would think about a Mourinho call
Scott McTominay was asked what he would do if José Mourinho called him to come to Madrid. "Si cela arrivait, j'y réfléchirais, forcément," he said, which means he would definitely think about it (3). Mourinho gave McTominay his debut at Manchester United (3). McTominay is at Napoli.
Fan reactions
The mood on r/realmadrid is split between celebration and squad talk. One thread congratulates the Real Madrid players in Spain's U-20 World Cup winning side, Laia Lopez, Noemí Bejarano, Silvia Cristóbal, Irune Dorado and Paula Comendador, after a 0–0 final decided on penalties, with Laia Lopez saving two and taking the golden glove. Vini Jr's finishing drills are doing the rounds, and Mbappé's role in the team is still the argument that will not go away.
https://www.reddit.com/r/realmadrid/comments/1wrzc8e/i_just_want_to_say_congratulations_to_the_real
