• Real Madrid: Sergio Ramos' first farewell order to Florentino Pérez

While the negotiations for its renewal remain stranded, the absences of

Sergio Ramos

offer Real Madrid a preview of the future without its captain.

The camero, who will turn 35 in March, increasingly needs

Varane

and

Mendy's

capes

, but his true magnitude is revealed when he is not on the field.

Without Ramos by his side, the security of the French center-back is cracking and

Militao

, the man who was supposed to smooth that transition, has not yet been up to that enormous task.

The

The captain's first claims do not fit in the economic austerity imposed by the pandemic and, five months after the end of his contract, Madrid are looking to the market, the size of the hole was again evident in the defeat against Levante.

Militao didn't even have time to break a sweat because eight minutes later he was on his way to the stands:

Sergio Leon

He beat his back on the first long ball and the Brazilian rolled him into the area.

Penalty and expulsion.

Of the six games they have played this season, Real Madrid have lost four and have not left a clean sheet in any of them.

The difficulty of finding a replacement for Ramos is not just looking for a top-level center-back, but replicating his weight in the locker room. Real Madrid can find the replacement for Sergio Ramos precisely in the free agent market.

David Alaba

He also ends his contract in June and the first signs point to the white team.

The newspaper

Brand

He advanced the interest in the Austrian and ensures that he has already passed a medical examination.

Versatility of the Austrian

The pieces of the puzzle fit together.

By price (it would arrive with the freedom card, although it would have an important token);

by age (he will be 29 in June) and by experience (almost a decade in the elite with Bayern, two Champions in his record).

But above all he would be a wild card because, in addition to playing as a center-back, he would help cover other holes in the Real Madrid squad: the replacement for the left back and the midfielder.

Lucas Hernandez

and the explosion of

Alphonso davies

have definitively displaced Alaba to the central position, but the first years of his career he lived as a left-handed back, where the slump of

Marcelo

has left Madrid without replacement of guarantees.

In addition, he has also come to play as a midfielder with Austria, which would finally give a bodyguard to

Casemiro

, the only player without relief in the squad.

Favorite of Luis Enrique

Paradoxically, the main alternative for Alaba that Real Madrid manages could be Sergio Ramos' teammate in the Euro Cup:

Pau Torres

He is one of the centers with the greatest projection in European football, a very technical left center-back, with good ball output and high potential (1.91), although still with room for improvement in short distances.

«I like everything about Pau.

His personality and his ability to take risks and filter passes, his tactical sense, his way of pressuring and scoring rivals, "he summarized

Luis Enrique

, in need of national centrals, in the last call for Spain.

A product of the Villarreal quarry (he arrived at the age of five) and with an affordable clause: 60 million. They are, for now, the most realistic options in a market where, in good times, Real Madrid would have looked towards

Jules Kooundé

(22 years old) or

Matthijs de Ligt

(21), two centrals that combine future, due to their youth, with an unquestionable reality.

The Frenchman (central right-handed, not left-handed) is a very fast defender, strong on the underside, powerful on the high despite his height, and with a great start.

The Dutchman, raised in the Ajax school, has finally settled in Juve and, in addition to defensive security, offers a very good ball exit.

After all, in his early days as a midfielder, his references were

Busquets

Y

Andrea Pirlo

.

However, in both cases the price would rise from 80 million, a lot of money in times of pandemic.

Some also point to

Marquinhos

, the Brazilian central of PSG.

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