Real Madrid ‘s first squad to try to defend their La Liga title already has its first surprise. Carlo Ancelotti, faithful to his plan of not asking for a new centre-back for the squad, decides to bring his first new addition of the season to Mallorca .
The list does not bring any surprises in goal, where Thibaut Courtois, Lunin and Fran appear called up. However, in defence, the recently registered Jacobo Ramón already has his first call-up of the season in LaLiga . The number 31 that he will have will allow him to play both with Castilla and with the first team. However, his repeated presence is expected in Ancelotti’s lists, at least until David Alaba returns from his injury.
The other defenders called up are Dani Carvajal, Éder Militão, Jesús Vallejo, Lucas Vázquez, Fran García, Antonio Rüdiger and Ferland Mendy. Meanwhile, the midfield only has six names, out of the seven usual names, due to the absence of Eduardo Camavinga due to injury. In the demarcation there are Jude Bellingham, Fede Valverde, Luka Modrić, Aurélien Tchouameni, Arda Güler and Dani Ceballos. Finally, the attacking line that will travel to Mallorca is made up of Vinícius Jr, Kylian Mbappé, Rodrygo Goes, Endrick and Brahim Díaz.
From now on, we just have to wait for Carletto’s decision regarding his starting eleven. He had already announced in the preview that, throughout the season, he will include individual holidays for his players. The idea is to ration the squad given the large number of matches that await them. It may be too early to think about rotating his starting eleven, but everything will depend on how he sees each one. What is certain is that there are only hours left until Real Madrid begin their journey to try to defend the La Liga title .
