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Real Madrid s left-back fights! 50 million new ace makes Mendy Garcia tremble?

7:03pm, 17 July 2025【Football】

Is there a version answer to Real Madrid's left-back position? At present, A fee is more competitive! On July 15, it was officially announced that Alvaro Carreras (Feed A) returned to the Bernabeu at a sky-high price of 50 million euros and signed the contract until 2031. This 22-year-old former Real Madrid youth training player (playing for the echelon from 2017 to 2020) just helped Benfica win the Portuguese League Cup last season, and now he is facing the halo of the second most expensive defender in the team history to return to his old club!

But the arrival of AF directly made the original left duo Fran Garcia and Ferran Mendy feel cold on their backs! On the tactical board of the new coach Alonso has always valued offensive full-backs. Carreras' data is crushing: 0.92 opportunities are created in each game, close to 3 times that of Mendy (0.31 times), and 0.82 crosses are actually 20 times that of Mendy (0.04 times)! Even Garcia (0.4 times) was thrown away. This is a side missile launcher, perfectly adapted to Alonso's offensive system! What's even more cruel is that Real Madrid may only allow two people to coexist!

It can be said that Mendy is in the most dangerous situation: she is 30 years old and has a physical fitness in the glass man. She has only played for 11 minutes in the past 125 days, and she was injured and retired at the beginning of the Cup of Rey. The club wanted to sell him (priced 14 million euros), but it was difficult to find another one due to injuries.

Garcia made a big presence in the Club World Cup, contributing 1 goal and 1 assist, and her value soared to 30 million euros! Although his offense is slightly inferior to A's fee, his defense is more stable (confrontation success rate is 73% vs A's fee 66.8%).

Alonso's left-wing revolution was actually planned. His ideal full-back should be like Grimaldo during the Leverkusen era: Averages 1.92 crosses per game! Although Carreras's "recklessness" of 1.1 fouls is more powerful than Garcia (0.47 times), his air confrontation advantage is obvious, which is exactly the offensive and defensive explosive point that Brother Long wants.

Interestingly, Real Madrid's "collective habit" against the left-back has a tradition: in 2014, he chased Wolfsburg's demon guard Rodriguez (10 goals in a single season! More efficient than Carlos), and in 2015, he also wanted to buy him to take over Coentrand. Now, will the A-fee end the 10-year dream? The answer is revealed in the new season!

source:7m cm