Real Madrid: Arda Güler's terrible injustice

Recruited a year and a half ago from Fenerbahçe, Arda Güler was the last bet for Real Madrid before the arrival of Endrick this summer. The Turkish attacking midfielder had lived a difficult season where he had been handicapped for a long time by physical seeds. However, his good end of the season had made it possible to suggest beautiful things (6 goals in 13 appearances and 442 minutes of play) and Euro 2024 had confirmed this. A quarter finalist with Turkey by scoring a goal and delivering two assists, Arda Güler had particularly exhausted the screen. For this 2024/2025 season, it is therefore a whole different player that we expected and unfortunately it does not really come.

The Ankara native certainly had more playing time than last year with 967 minutes of play to his credit. His performances are not bad for the one with 3 goals and 5 offerings in 27 games. Capable of a few dazzling, Arda Güler is far from being efficient enough to fold the cards behind the quartet composed of Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo Goes, Kylian Mbappé and Vinicius Junior. Since December 14 and a draw against the Rayo Vallecano (where he distilled two offerings), Arda Güler only knew two tenure and it was in the King's Cup. January 6 against Minera (5-0) where he made a double and this Wednesday evening against Leganés (3-2).

Arda Güler was good but …

A performance with two faces for the player who had trouble in the first period before raising the tone on the return from the locker room. Positioned right wing and alternating with Brahim Diaz who was in an axial position, Arda Güler finished the match better and has an important role in creation. A performance welcomed by Carlo Ancelotti after the meeting: “We can be satisfied with what young players have done. We have to count on them. It's a complicated and difficult moment. We have to get out of it with matches like today's, where we suffered. We are in the semi-finals and the young people made their contribution. Endrick scored and left a good feeling. Arda worked for the team.»»

“”We have to get out of this match with satisfaction. I had this composition in mind especially by thinking of the next two games, so as not to tire the team too much because we are in an emergency in the back. The young players we have, like Arda and Endrick, we must give them minutes so that they can take the pace and be more useful in the next games“, He continued. Candidate for a holder's place for this weekend and the derby against Atlético de Madrid since Jude Bellingham is affected, Arda Güler will be in competition with Brahim Diaz. More in the dynamics of the team, the Moroccan leaves with a train in advance on Arda Güler whose satisfactory performances do not seem to be enough for Carlo Ancelotti to allow him to do more than play the utilities this season in a plethoric workforce …