Manager of Real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti he is an experienced football manager, but also an expert in managing people, and he gets along with his superiors. Although he has not publicly shown any malcontent, he has not been given the resources he would have liked this summer.
Reports of Ancelotti being partial to the addition of another central defender over the transfer window trickled through, and that much was confirmed by The Athletic. They say he had two requests this summer, but they were not fulfilled.
The first was that he wanted to bring another coach in his staff for this season, but the club told the Italian that he should do with one of the coaches who already work in Valdebebas. Second, it feels that they are at least one central defender short this season, with Jesus Vallejo not in their plans, and David Alaba still injured.
Los Blancos certainly run the risk of a short squad as they face their longest ever season in prospect, with a possible 72 games over an 11-month period on the road. There have been reports that The Real Madrid team is also a bit of a surprise that there were no more reinforcements brought in, and Ancelotti is already without six players due to injury as things stand.
