Both Thibaut coming and Kovacic going are good for us...first we have a tall, but quite clumsy GK for my taste, i imagine he will need quite some time adjusting to Madrid's relative high defensive line, he seems to have trouble with those, Madrid has a much less convincing defense than Chelsea. Plus Messi never had much trouble scoring against him, even from the Atletico days. As for Mateo, a very good alternative for Modric is gone (at least for this season), Ceballos and Isco are much more attacking, while i can't see Llorente or any other of their youngsters being a dependable squad player, at least not in the same extent as Kovacic.