He was Real Madrid’s worst player against Leganés: Florentino is starting to see him out

Real Madrid secured a 3-2 victory against Leganés on Saturday in a match that was more difficult than expected. Thanks to another performance from Kylian Mbappé, who scored another brace and now has 33 goals (tying Cristiano Ronaldo in his first season as a Real Madrid player), they secured three important points to remain in the fight for La Liga.

However, the feeling is that the team was excessively tired due to the international break, and the club also began to visualize certain things for next season, where they wouldn’t have a player in their squad. Florentino Pérez reportedly ratified this decision on the spur of the moment.

Because the truth is that, once again, Lucas Vázquez, who was rested despite not having played in the last two weeks, was substituted in the second half to bring on Fede Valverde, who did play for Uruguay, at right back . The Galician’s future remains up in the air, but everything points to the fact that, between his contract—which expires in the summer—and the imminent arrival of Trent Alexander-Arnold, the Santiago Bernabéu’s doors are closer to being sealed.

Vázquez, who will turn 34 next summer, is a very important player in the Real Madrid dressing room, having gradually gained importance . He is currently in his tenth season with the first team, but this season, in which he has had the tough challenge of replacing Dani Carvajal following the full-back’s serious injury last October, he has been struggling excessively and has often looked completely overwhelmed.

The situation has been so dramatic that, circumstantially, Ancelotti was forced to seek even more solutions in a defensive line where Éder Militao also ‘fell’ a month after Carvajal. Over time, the decision to use Valverde at full-back has revived a team that has been struggling at the back all season, and only exceptional circumstances—Raúl Asencio being a prime example—have saved what was predicted to be a widespread disaster that could easily have ended in an unprecedented shipwreck.

Source: Defensa Central