I just like most have had the roughest year of my life, from physical struggles to the mental toll the situation created took – having to deal with a lot of things going on.
I've had cancer scare throughout the year, had multiple tests done on me to find out what my physical problems were – thankfully didn't turn out that way & one of main reasons of my struggles were lack of exercise & physical work — Don't NEGLECT your body.
From that, I had to see a therapist due to all the stress caused from Covid and everything going on in between, health and financial related issues — but I am lucky enough to have supportive people around me.
Many of such I found on Twitter, talking about football and Real Madrid & I can say that this was a big thing on capabilities of being able to maintain myself, talking about it, watching it, consuming football was very important for me & for many.
This is last day of a year that on lightest of words was horrendous, hopefully everyone that has gone through it is fine and capable of moving past it.
Let's all flip a page from tomorrow, first of January & continue that way striving to improve ourselves, the situation improves & our lives return to normal state.
Don't neglet yourselves, seek help if you need & reach out — and make sure you're there for people in need.
Let's all have a blessed 2021 – from personal standpoint & obviously cannot neglect that Real Madrid will be striving to have one.
Happy New Year everyone. May you all be blessed.
And I don't know how could I forget but God bless all the medical workers who even tonight are giving their very best.
May your workload ease as we get past this.
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✍ | Real Madrid has pulled off a masterpiece with David Alaba.
€40M spent across 4 years on a Champions League player who is physically & technically excellent at just 28 years of age — arguably his peak in both ends.
• Let's dissect the situation of the best left-back this generation has seen now in 2021 — and where issue lays:
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📊 | Marcelo minutes throughout last 5 seasons:
• Gradually seeing his minutes decreased
• Halfway through this season and he's played almost half of Mendy.
📊 | Marcelo numbers:
Not just his minutes have seen a decrease, Marcelo's general creativity has seen a massive dip consistently – through tactical changes and his overall decline in every department.
✍ | Real Madrid transfer policy & what can we expect for summer of 2021:
• Explaining the situation and what fans should expect:
[THREAD]
✍ | Financial state:
Real Madrid approved a deficit of 68 millions for 2020/2021, this measure represents around €42M of savings and there are €26M left for the club not to record any losses – per @jfelixdiaz article breaking down the situation.
✍ | Mbappé & Haaland:
• Both of them are currently out of reach for Real Madrid, and per explanation they'd cost way more than Madrid can afford — even if club were to accept losses for a year including everything (wages, fee, bonuses, etc). Not possible.