The eternal unknown of Asensio: without minutes, with Mendes at his side and far from the World Cup

• Crónica Alaba ends the sweats of Madrid in Almería

• Analysis Davide Ancelotti's warning to Carletto about Alaba and Asensio's 'drought'

At the end of last April,

took over the reins of

's career .

An important change in a key vital moment for the Mallorcan, who at

was facing the summer in which he had to decide if he renewed with

or changed teams.

Four months later, neither one thing nor the other.

Asensio's contract with the white team still has June

as the end date and no club has knocked hard enough on the Balearic door to dress him in other colors.

The solution does not seem simple.

On the sporting side,

has not had Asensio in the two official matches that his team has played this season.

Neither in the

against

nor in the first match of the League in Almería.

All despite carrying out extensive rotations, using

in total and needing to fill the gap left by

, injured for the league debut.

Both in the continental final in

and last Sunday,

has opted for the same trio of attackers:

.

The Brazilian and the French are fixed in the left and central zone of the attack, while the Uruguayan is a necessary wild card.

And when the duels have needed changes, Ancelotti has not remembered Asensio either.

In Finland he introduced

for Modric, passing Valverde in the middle, and

for Vinicius to accumulate more players inside.

, the latest signings, came on for Kroos and Carvajal.

On the bench, without playing:

.

In Almería, just four days after the Super Cup, the coach wanted to avoid physical waste too soon and made up to

with respect to the starting eleven he presented against Eintracht:

for Carvajal, Rudiger for Militao, Nacho for Alaba,

for Casemiro Y

by Modric.

And from the bench, an opportunity for

, who was the second change and played the last half hour.

Even

appeared during the last ten minutes.

On the bench, again, Asensio, who with

,

seem to be the last in the rotation.

12 goals, his best mark

Despite being the third top scorer in the squad last season (

, his best mark), the Spaniard was only

(2,109), so the explosion of

at the end of the season

, the recovery of Hazard, the confidence in Ceballos and the arrival of Tchouaméni indicated that the doors were almost closed for him both on the right wing and in that midfielder that Ancelotti sometimes claimed.

Not even as

, since he is now without an owner waiting for the last movements of the summer.

In the contractual part, the renewal of Asensio is

.

There were slight conversations last season, but the objectives of each other were very different and the

has not convinced Chamartín either, where in recent years they have tried to avoid doing business with the

Portuguese

These two games 'nil' are the last message from the coaching staff and the board, which go hand in hand despite the fact that Ancelotti has never denied his confidence in Asensio, to try to leave before August 31, the date on which close the market.

«

», Carletto declared in Almería, where he also reached out to the Balearic Islands in case the sale does not take place in the end and he has to continue in Valdebebas: «

.

He is an important player as long as he is a Madrid player ».

Four months before the World Cup and after being summoned by Luis Enrique in June, the Spaniard needs minutes to be part of the list for Qatar.

His departure would cause that last domino:

that allows rest, with guarantees, to Benzema.

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