Gourcuff.. he is the kind of player we want , won't cost much and young
could he handle the pressure of madrid and a non-french-speaking environment?
I think you really need to be a mentally strong person to succeed at real madrid, and while I don't think gourcuff is mentally weak, I don't think he's got the level of willpower and resiliency required. he'd be another van der vaart.
in terms of offence, madrid needs ribery. I know he's come out and said he prefers barca but they desperately need a wide-player who can be their main offensive weapon. robben isn't that guy, he's not brave enough. cron obviously is perfect but that dream is dead, and ribery is #2 in that position.
but really most of the money should go into revamping the defence. obviously they'll have more protection next season with djilla back in town but there's still too many weaknesses there.