Real Madrid

[malvolio]

Perez gets viewed as some kind of god but I think he's made a pretty piss poor job of authorising their squad planning last few seasons despite winning the Champions League which is usually the argument to gloss over anything.

They got used to getting away with not having to replace players properly. Seems like their strategy is to rely on buying youngsters or getting freebies. Perhaps the finances aren't there after building the billion euro sardine can but they've kind of got their Zidanes and Pavones era again.

They still do well sporting wise though. And they still attract the best players in the world, when they want.

Laporta did well to steady the ship financially, but if it wasn't for that Liga win, his third term would be a disaster sporting wise.