So, on a local RM forum I lurk on once in a while, madridistas are going absolutely ballistic over the three young(ish) Spaniards, Illaramendi, Morata and to a slightly lesser extent, Isco. Basically the general consensus is that they can all bugger off this summer, if the offers are right. Personally I'd be surprised if Isco is shipped off, but I suppose if a big enough offer came to the table, Florentino and co. would at least listen.
What's your take on this, Raed and Wolfe?
Edit: oops, wrong forum. If a mod could move it to the general RM thread, it would be great.
Morata can be loaned out but I am sure he won't return if he did. I always thought he was a bit of a hot head and while he has the skillset, I am not sure if he has the mentality to succeed in Real Madrid. Jese is a lot more mature in that regard but we will have to see.
As for Isco, I will be absolutely gutted if he leaves. He stays, and he is given a first team spot, I don't care, I don't care. His performance in the CL was top notch, and while he wasn't part of the starting eleven against Bayern in the second leg, Bale and Ronaldo wouldn't have dreamt of being afforded this luxury if it weren't for the performance of Di Maria and Isco in the first match. Tactically he is getting it, and physically he is working his way up. He has skill in abundance and we need his skillset. We don't have many dribblers or players who can play in tight space, he can, and we need that. We have little dribbling penetration skillset readily available and we suffer because of it. He is not there yet but Ancelotti didn't even know what to do with him and didn't even know what to do with the team until January. With a proper pre-season he will be better.
As for Illaremendi, I can see why they would be angry with him. He plays for the jinxed position of Real Madrid that has eaten away many players or seen them shipped off under appreciated. Look what it has done to the experience Xabi Alonso. When he first joined I knew that we won't expect anything from him that is super world class until he was 26 or so. Busi for instance plays in a system specific role in which he excels because the whole team is very well calibrated but with Spain and without Xabi he was rendered useless. That DM/CM dual role is impossible to master in 1-2 years, it nees years of refining and it took Xabi and Pirlo approximately 3-4 seasons to be this good and be able to transfer their skillset to different teams (ie, spain/italy, juve/real).
They need to stay, least of which Morata but they all need to stay. The team after 5 seasons together of being relatively together is finally coming into shape to reach the finals of the CL, and is soon to be gutted with the aging of Ronaldo/Xabi/Modric/both goal keepers/Pepe. They need to stay to learn from their team mates and to understand the club culture, only then will Real Madrid form a team capable of withstanding the years, not flop after winning 1-2 league titles.
