A few days ago, according to Spain's "Mr. Footballer", Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti hopes to introduce two of his compatriots, namely Inter Milan's Barrera and Paris Saint-Germain's Verratti, and a big reason he recommends these two people is that they do not need to participate in the World Cup in the middle of next season, which is a big help to Real Madrid's record.
Italy were beaten 1-0 in the first round of this week's World Cup play-offs by North Macedonia, which is also a historic low for Italian football, they have not reached the World Cup finals for two consecutive times, and in the history of the World Cup, Italy has never had such a dilemma before. But such a situation also allowed some teams and managers who were interested in Italian players to see opportunities, such as Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti.
Ancelotti made a proposal for reinforcements this week, and he knew that the team was in urgent need of a midfielder, so he wanted Real Madrid president Florentino to recommend two of his Italian compatriots, Inter Milan's Torreira and Paris Saint-Germain's Verratti. The two are Italy's main midfielders and the heroes of Italy's European Championship victory last year, and Ancelotti hopes to bring in the two big players to replace the duo of 37-year-old Modric and 32-year-old Tony Kroos.
Ancelotti consciously chose two Italian players for no reason, the strength of these two Italian players is still there for all to see, their performance at the club is enough to prove that italy finally won the championship in the European Championship last year with an overdraft of physical fitness, but the next World Preliminary Tournament they paid the price, the next 5 World Preliminaries only achieved 1 win and 4 draws, had to play in the play-offs. There are other factors to this, but it does not deny the quality of this team.
In addition, not participating in the World Cup is a very favorable option for clubs next season, the World Cup is held in November, which is a great drain for all players who want to participate in the game, but then back to the club, and then have to fight continuously, which is a great loss of physical fitness, and the physical fitness of players who do not participate in the World Cup is enough to guarantee. Therefore, at this time, buying a guaranteed Italian midfielder is indeed a good choice. However, Pereira's value is valued at 70 million euros, and Verratti's value is also valued at 55 million euros, a total of 125 million euros, which is also a high price for Real Madrid.