⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[rendravolt]

Maybe many of us have heard about the news that Sandro Tonali is banned from playing for the next 10 months and currently Newcastle also feels like they have lost an important midfielder in their team. Now the names of new midfielders have emerged who are ready to fill the position left by Sandro Tonali and there are Phillips, McTominay, Onana and Palhinha. In my opinion, currently the right midfielder to fill Sandro Tonali's place is Phillips from Manchester City, apart from his cost which is quite cheap compared to the others, his performance is still good even though he is rarely played by Manchester City. I think that can at least fill the hole left by Sandro Tonali and it remains to be seen how they can offer him to Manchester City in January. In your opinion, who is the right person to replace Sandro Tonali at Newcastle?

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[wiss19]

After watching the recent Barcelona and Real Madrid game, it is clear that Real has better "stars" but Barcelona looked like a better overall team. While Real relies on star players pulling rabbit out of hat, which Jude did once again amazingly, Barcelona relies on each player equally, and that's their difference.

Would selling Gavi and using that money to get younger could work?

I would say it wouldn't be impossible, I mean it could definitely benefit them if they know what they are doing, like if they already know what they will spend that money on, but if not and they are just doing it for getting money sake, that would not be smart.

I would also highly suggest not selling any of the young core 4 players, those players should stay and they should look to sell some other players if they can. Barcelona is getting younger with their debt as well, it is hard to get younger with such a huge debt, so they should not sell young star players at this moment.

[rahmad2nd]

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What you can expect from 19 old boy? good players that we seen in football right now, not all of them have a good statistic when they were young. His price is expensive because he has a potential become a good player, but of course it's really depend on his consistency to improve and the club can facilitate him.

But Chelsea has a bad coach and bad management, there's no rising star was developed from Chelsea.

They're mostly sign star players from other club, show a good performance for one-two seasons, and then move to other clubs with cheaper price.

Gavi, this 19 year old young player has gone a long way in his football career at his age. Not only does he play at club level, he also plays for the Spanish national team. He has played in various competitions, both club and international events with the Spanish national team. IMO, this young player is too forced to always play in various events. In fact, he is a young talent who has talent and can develop much better. Regarding the rumors circulating, I actually don't follow developments. So naturally there was doubt in my mind, if this rumor was just gossip.
I don't think Barcelona will let go of their young player, especially if he is part of Bacelona's future progress. So, I don't know if this news is true or not. because, I really don't follow every development. If only it were true, we would even know how much this young player's release clause would cost.

The question is, will Barcelona really let him go with a cheap transfer, I don't think so.
As for Chelsea, let's flashback, previously Nagelsmann was predicted to become Chelsea coach to replace Potter. Apart from that, Luis Enrique is also a strong candidate. but in fact, these two coaches resigned, aka refused to coach Chelsea. which means, there is no agreement between Todd and the two coaches. After that, Pochettino became the only coach promoted by Todd Boehly. with the scenario, he is the only one who is willing to follow what the big Chelsea boss wants. As a result, as we see now with Chelsea's performance. although in fact I often say that Chelsea has several talented young players. However, it seems that Poche did not learn from his experience. he always plays players who cannot be relied on. especially the center forward who is unable to fulfill the criteria of being a goal scoring machine. However, that doesn't mean Chelsea has no hope, perhaps with the recovery of injured players, Poche has more options and can be creative with the system he wants.

[kawetsriyanto]

Maybe many of us have heard about the news that Sandro Tonali is banned from playing for the next 10 months and currently Newcastle also feels like they have lost an important midfielder in their team. Now the names of new midfielders have emerged who are ready to fill the position left by Sandro Tonali and there are Phillips, McTominay, Onana and Palhinha. In my opinion, currently the right midfielder to fill Sandro Tonali's place is Phillips from Manchester City, apart from his cost which is quite cheap compared to the others, his performance is still good even though he is rarely played by Manchester City.

It is true that Sandro Tonali can't play until August 2024 due to suspension in any football competition. It is a big lose for Newcastle, Sandro Tonali has a big role in improving the midfield of Newcastle this season. Guimarães-Tonali-Longstaff is the main midfielders of Newcastle, they are irreplaceable. If Tonali can't play a long time, Newcastle must sign a new player who has the same level as Tonali. I agree that Kalvin Phillips is the best option to replace the position left by Tonali. He rarely played in Man City, he also has a cheap price, and he has a good quality as well. He is a perfect option, I'm sure Man City will consider to sell him because Man City has some alternatives for the midfielder position. They have Nunes and Kovacic in their squad. At least, Newcastle can offer the loan option if Man City doesn't want to sell him now.

[Unknown01]

Good question, but maybe the owners have fallen into a trap from which they want to get out, even at the cost of the fact that the coach does not suit them very much. If we change the coach now, then a 100% new coach (if it is a strong coach with a name and not a technical figure) will say: I didn’t put this squad together, I want changes and Chelsea will again be forced to spend money (of which they have already spent a lot). Maybe based on this, Pochettino’s position is strong and he will continue to be forgiven for bad results.

I am now sure that the coach needs to be changed and someone like Mourinho should take over. The individual players are strong and the coach has to build a good team from these individual players. Not every coach can do something like that and if the club doesn't want to end the season without qualifying for a European competition, they should take action quickly.

[Oluwa-btc]

Maybe many of us have heard about the news that Sandro Tonali is banned from playing for the next 10 months and currently Newcastle also feels like they have lost an important midfielder in their team. Now the names of new midfielders have emerged who are ready to fill the position left by Sandro Tonali and there are Phillips, McTominay, Onana and Palhinha. In my opinion, currently the right midfielder to fill Sandro Tonali's place is Phillips from Manchester City, apart from his cost which is quite cheap compared to the others, his performance is still good even though he is rarely played by Manchester City. I think that can at least fill the hole left by Sandro Tonali and it remains to be seen how they can offer him to Manchester City in January. In your opinion, who is the right person to replace Sandro Tonali at Newcastle?

Bayern Munich would be back for Fulhams Palhinha he won't be part of the list of the players Newcastle would chase. If I'm guessing right, the player is also waiting for Bayern Munich to bud for him during January Transfer Window.
Manchester United won't let go of Mc Tominay from Manchester United until the end of the season. Onana? I don't even consider him.
Just like you said Philips would fit in well, with Leeds United he was also a great player he would get more minutes too against Newcastle United.

I've already seen news saying options to leave would be considered during the January Transfer Window... Right time to see him leave innit?!

[Leviathan.007]

After watching the recent Barcelona and Real Madrid game, it is clear that Real has better "stars" but Barcelona looked like a better overall team. While Real relies on star players pulling rabbit out of hat, which Jude did once again amazingly, Barcelona relies on each player equally, and that's their difference.

Would selling Gavi and using that money to get younger could work?

I would say it wouldn't be impossible, I mean it could definitely benefit them if they know what they are doing, like if they already know what they will spend that money on, but if not and they are just doing it for getting money sake, that would not be smart.

I would also highly suggest not selling any of the young core 4 players, those players should stay and they should look to sell some other players if they can. Barcelona is getting younger with their debt as well, it is hard to get younger with such a huge debt, so they should not sell young star players at this moment.

Selling Gavi and spending money on the younger players in useless in Barcelona because Gavi is a young player and they can even invest in this player because of the performance he has in Barcelona, but the problems are mostly because of the salary he gets and that's why there is the possibility for Gavi to decrease his salary or be sold by Barcelona to have a better financial situation.

[tiCeR]

The management may give him a time till the middle of the season. Performance of chelsea was so average and it was winning when chelsea was lucky enough. I meant let's take a look at the statistic and chelsea has nothing to do with it. The club keeps stuck in the same place.
I know that some people like mudryk was working so hard in inproving himself but let's take a look at how the whole of players are not improving themselves. This is the main problem that had been facing by chelsea.
There was no improvement is happening in the club. The club keeps show the same pattern over and over again. Other club can predict it easily without any problem.
This is pretty much the same like when someone was doing the same stupid thing again and again. Chelsea likes never learn from its past mistake and it keeps to show horrible performances. This club is so terrible to watch at this moment.
Winning a few games meant nothing for sure. This is the main reason why people were not even feeling confidence with it. I saw that chelsea targeting a new striker or even centre back but that's not enough to change the team.

I am actually someone who usually supports clubs that also support their trainers because sacking someone after just a couple of weeks often isn't fair, but in this case I think it is different. He has a squad that is worth a billion, he was involved in the planning of the team pre-season, he was involved when they sold some players and got some new ones. But this team plays so utterly bad that they are almost left without a choice but to sack him.

The problem with giving him more time is that if they keep dropping further down the table, there is no chance for a new coach to improve things and maybe qualify for the Champions League or Europa League. They are literally dead in the water already and they are going to miss another season of international competitions and all of this is happening while thy have one of the most valuable teams in Europe.

[QueenVera]

I am actually someone who usually supports clubs that also support their trainers because sacking someone after just a couple of weeks often isn't fair, but in this case I think it is different. He has a squad that is worth a billion, he was involved in the planning of the team pre-season, he was involved when they sold some players and got some new ones. But this team plays so utterly bad that they are almost left without a choice but to sack him.

The problem with giving him more time is that if they keep dropping further down the table, there is no chance for a new coach to improve things and maybe qualify for the Champions League or Europa League. They are literally dead in the water already and they are going to miss another season of international competitions and all of this is happening while thy have one of the most valuable teams in Europe.

About months ago when the was even performing more poorly than this, the owner didn't consider sacking him because he believes in the project and that the team would still perform well and of course they did perform better in a few match but have currently gone back to being inconsistent and if things doesn't change it think they  might be forced to sack him and get another replacement that would help improve the team.

 Well it's not really  a bad i dea to give him more time to improve,  atleast get to build a better understanding with his players, on and off the pitch so they'll start performing well as expected,  however since the  club is not in any top European competition they should be performing well cause they've got enough time to rest, well even though the team misses top 4 they could work hard enough to play in the Europa or Conference League.

[TelolettOm]

Kroos retired from the German team in 2021 to focus on Real Madrid.

I think he retired from German national team because there are already some younger midfielders. There are Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka who can take the role of Toni Kroos. There is also İlkay Gündoğan for another option of midfielder, so German doesn't need to worry when Kross decided to retire although he is actually still needed for the squad.

Although he is used in matches, this veteran midfielder is still not satisfied with his new role. Kroos wants to leave Real Madrid. He currently only has a contract with Los Blancos after this season ends, and most importantly, he is no longer trusted by Carlo Ancelotti.

I think his role is still the same, there is no change with his role. But if he can't always play as the starter, it is because Ancelotti needs to rotate the midfielders. Ancelotti also understand that Kross is no longer a young player, so Ancelotti doesn't want to force him too much. But it doesn't mean that Ancelotti doesn't trust him anymore.

Before Barca in the El Clasico match, Kroos was assigned the starting role by coach Ancelotti but could have played more effectively. He couldn't help Real Madrid hold the ball and was completely overwhelmed. As a result, Kroos was replaced from the field in the 63rd minute, and that was when Real Madrid gradually turned the game around.

Kross may be not in his best form in the match against Barcelona. But it is not a problem, he didn't make a blunder or serious mistake at least. When he was replaced by another player, it doesn't mean Real Madrid doesn't need him anymore. You don't misunderstand it, dude.

[legendbtc]

After watching the recent Barcelona and Real Madrid game, it is clear that Real has better "stars" but Barcelona looked like a better overall team. While Real relies on star players pulling rabbit out of hat, which Jude did once again amazingly, Barcelona relies on each player equally, and that's their difference.

Would selling Gavi and using that money to get younger could work?

I would say it wouldn't be impossible, I mean it could definitely benefit them if they know what they are doing, like if they already know what they will spend that money on, but if not and they are just doing it for getting money sake, that would not be smart.

I would also highly suggest not selling any of the young core 4 players, those players should stay and they should look to sell some other players if they can. Barcelona is getting younger with their debt as well, it is hard to get younger with such a huge debt, so they should not sell young star players at this moment.

Selling Gavi and spending money on the younger players in useless in Barcelona because Gavi is a young player and they can even invest in this player because of the performance he has in Barcelona, but the problems are mostly because of the salary he gets and that's why there is the possibility for Gavi to decrease his salary or be sold by Barcelona to have a better financial situation.

At 18, Gavi has taken on great responsibility in Barca's midfield. Barca is short of money, so it may be forced to sell one of its young stars to ease difficulties. If Barca wants to sell to have more money to recruit other stars. Gavi can bring the Camp Nou team a significant amount of money, with a valuation exceeding 100 million euros. Bayern Munich and PSG are also willing to spend large amounts of money on this deal. In particular, Barca may sell Pedri. Or will it be Gavi? Barca may only sell one of these two talented young midfielders.

[Sakanwa]

Arsenal are a very good and balanced team now,and they have back up options in almost all the positions,but I think they have still not gotten a prolific attacker that can guarantee them atleast 20 goals every season.They have Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus,but thoses two players are not reliable.When.When they signed Gabriel Jesus,they thought he could score more goals and compete with the likes of Haaland,Salah and Son,but he hasn't been able to do that.He scores occasionally,I mean he is very good at dribbling and making other team players better with his contribution,but he isn't too good at scoring goals like the likes of Haaland and Son,infact I can say Nketiah is a better finisher than Jesus.Nketiah scored a hatrick in their last match against Shefield.However,I still think they need a striker like Osimhen or Kane for them to be a more balanced team.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Maybe many of us have heard about the news that Sandro Tonali is banned from playing for the next 10 months and currently Newcastle also feels like they have lost an important midfielder in their team. Now the names of new midfielders have emerged who are ready to fill the position left by Sandro Tonali and there are Phillips, McTominay, Onana and Palhinha. In my opinion, currently the right midfielder to fill Sandro Tonali's place is Phillips from Manchester City, apart from his cost which is quite cheap compared to the others, his performance is still good even though he is rarely played by Manchester City. I think that can at least fill the hole left by Sandro Tonali and it remains to be seen how they can offer him to Manchester City in January. In your opinion, who is the right person to replace Sandro Tonali at Newcastle?

Newcastle can get midfielder for free from its another club in the saudi pro league. It sounds non sense to linked the new player to join in the newcastle to replace tonalli's position. Please look at the fact that if newcastle is trying to take ruben neves as a loan from al hilal instead of signing the new players. Newcastle does have so many great players in SPL league. This is the fact.  There's no need to sign a new player again for the club. Having ruben neves will be fixing the temporary problem faced by newcastle.
I think that the club shall not need to waste the money to sign the new player. There's no guarantee if the new player will able to play as good as tonalli too.
I would prefer newcastle took ruben neves from al hilal coz it was also a part from the club as well. Al hilal has so many great players too like mitrovic and savic. The club can also take them all together without any problems.

[Leviathan.007]

Good question, but maybe the owners have fallen into a trap from which they want to get out, even at the cost of the fact that the coach does not suit them very much. If we change the coach now, then a 100% new coach (if it is a strong coach with a name and not a technical figure) will say: I didn’t put this squad together, I want changes and Chelsea will again be forced to spend money (of which they have already spent a lot). Maybe based on this, Pochettino’s position is strong and he will continue to be forgiven for bad results.

I am now sure that the coach needs to be changed and someone like Mourinho should take over. The individual players are strong and the coach has to build a good team from these individual players. Not every coach can do something like that and if the club doesn't want to end the season without qualifying for a European competition, they should take action quickly.

Mourinho is in real danger in Roma and there is a high chance for him to leave the team because of the weak performance he had so far. Also, the fans of Roma were not happy because of their coach and even though he bought many players but still, the result was still the same. But I don't think if Mourinho can be a good option for a team like Chelsea because in Chelsea they got a new coach and he made many changes that's why this team needs more time instead of using Mourinho.
 

[arimamib]

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  In my opinion i don't think getting a team filled with young talents is the problem but getting the ones that doesn't suit the club is the problem, why on earth would they sign Jackson as their striker a player who wasn't a 1st starter from Villareal  to come top 9 for Chelsea he's not even strong or physically fit to be Chelsea's top 9, left for me they shouldn't had loaned Lukaku to Roma they would've allowed him stay for this season and sell or loan him out next transfer window when they get a proper striker.

 Chelsea need to change their idea of recruiting younger players with little experience when they've not got a very experienced coach with a winning mentality that could train those players to be very tough and difficult to play against they don't even communicate well amongst themselves on the pitch.

Have to agree with you, Pochettino fails to see the potential in every player, he prefers young players with little experience and creates a bad dream squad. Finally, Chelsea continued to experience unstable conditions for ten weeks, their latest defeat at home to Brentford further cornered their position and put them under great pressure again, and of course left many questions regarding their transfer moves last summer. I think releasing Lukaku is the biggest mistake that should be regretted, and replacing him with Jackson looks like a fraudulent investment. Another thing is that Nkunku has not yet made his debut, so it is fitting that most of Chelsea defeats this season should be borne by the Argentinian coach.

With Roma, Lukaku has appeared impressive in helping Jose Mourinho squad, so far he has scored 8 goals in all competitions he has participated in. The Blues seem to be facing their worst period under Pochettino leadership, if last season they managed to finish in 12th place in the EPL standings, this season is unlikely to be much different, the January transfer window is the right option if you want to build a younger squad than the current one.

I think they made a lot of big blunders in the transfer market last summer because they sold a lot of important players in the team. The changes they have made are quite big and it will have a quite bad impact on the team performance if the new players they bring in cannot show better performance than the previous players. However, blaming the coach is also not good because he took over Chelsea coaching chair when Chelsea was in decline so Pochettino needed time to revive Chelsea strength.

The players that Chelsea bought were quite expensive and they did not perform well enough this season, of course the large investment they made did not meet their expectations. Chelsea this season has not performed well enough because in 10 matches Chelsea was only able to achieve 3 wins and suffered 4 defeats.

[QueenVera]

Newcastle can get midfielder for free from its another club in the saudi pro league. It sounds non sense to linked the new player to join in the newcastle to replace tonalli's position. Please look at the fact that if newcastle is trying to take ruben neves as a loan from al hilal instead of signing the new players. Newcastle does have so many great players in SPL league. This is the fact.  There's no need to sign a new player again for the club. Having ruben neves will be fixing the temporary problem faced by newcastle.
I think that the club shall not need to waste the money to sign the new player. There's no guarantee if the new player will able to play as good as tonalli too.
I would prefer newcastle took ruben neves from al hilal coz it was also a part from the club as well. Al hilal has so many great players too like mitrovic and savic. The club can also take them all together without any problems.

Definitely Newcastle would need a new replacement for Tonali because it seems like since he got banned they've stopped being consistent, it so suprising how the absence of one player could affect the performance of a club, therefore they need to start now in finding the right replacement that would perform well the club like Tonali did  before he got into the gambling situation that got him banned.

 However it's not a bad idea if the club decides to buy a new player instead of a loan so far it's the right person for Tonali's position and even if Tonali gets back it's not bad if they got a extra player they'll be rotating him with it would even make the team more stronger, well the suggestion you brought is not bad either cause Rúben Neves is not a bad option as well, but my question is, according to your statement why do you think Newcastle should make Al-Hilal weak just to strengthen Newcastle?

[Furious 7]

The players that Chelsea bought were quite expensive and they did not perform well enough this season, of course the large investment they made did not meet their expectations. Chelsea this season has not performed well enough because in 10 matches Chelsea was only able to achieve 3 wins and suffered 4 defeats.

I don't think this is the fault of the players but of Chelsea's haste to get something instant.
An example might be in this case Enzo, Caicedo and Mudryk. For these 3 players alone Chelsea must pour money around 300 million even though if they are not in a hurry especially for Enzo and Mudryk I think they can get these players cheaper especially Enzo even though he is good but at that time he was hype because of his brilliant performance at the world cup.
On the other hand, the lack of a formula in coaching makes these players not very well adapted especially maybe the atmosphere in the league they previously occupied with this EPL is much different which makes these players difficult.
Chlesea must start getting used to changing their way of transferring players because what they are doing now is just throwing money continuously.

[asriloni]

The players that Chelsea bought were quite expensive and they did not perform well enough this season, of course the large investment they made did not meet their expectations. Chelsea this season has not performed well enough because in 10 matches Chelsea was only able to achieve 3 wins and suffered 4 defeats.

I don't think this is the fault of the players but of Chelsea's haste to get something instant.
An example might be in this case Enzo, Caicedo and Mudryk. For these 3 players alone Chelsea must pour money around 300 million even though if they are not in a hurry especially for Enzo and Mudryk I think they can get these players cheaper especially Enzo even though he is good but at that time he was hype because of his brilliant performance at the world cup.
On the other hand, the lack of a formula in coaching makes these players not very well adapted especially maybe the atmosphere in the league they previously occupied with this EPL is much different which makes these players difficult.
Chlesea must start getting used to changing their way of transferring players because what they are doing now is just throwing money continuously.

There have been many alternative players for those over priced guys if chelsea was willing to find that but this club is so damn bad in scouting the players. Sometimes it can be a pretty good choice but almost all of players bought during the previous seasons were over priced.
They do have very expensive price but average skill. I see nothing special from enzo fernandes. This guy has good gameplay as a midfielder but enzo has very bad long range shoot. That's why he was always failed in making proper shoot even when he was in front of the goalnet.
Mudryk was also playing so badly since last season but this guy was consistently doing improvement for himself. Caicedo was also overrated and overpriced defensive midfielder.
I don't know why this club is so stupid by agreed to buy those average players with non sense price like what? Is there no an alternative for those guys? Chelsea shall ahve stopped this stupid habits. It will not even pay off in long term.
The scouting team shall try to think carefully about that. They wre wasting too much money for nothing.

[Raflesia]

Kroos retired from the German team in 2021 to focus on Real Madrid. Although he is used in matches, this veteran midfielder is still not satisfied with his new role. Kroos wants to leave Real Madrid. He currently only has a contract with Los Blancos after this season ends, and most importantly, he is no longer trusted by Carlo Ancelotti. Before Barca in the El Clasico match, Kroos was assigned the starting role by coach Ancelotti but could have played more effectively. He couldn't help Real Madrid hold the ball and was completely overwhelmed. As a result, Kroos was replaced from the field in the 63rd minute, and that was when Real Madrid gradually turned the game around.
With significant contributions, Kroos is considered one of Real Madrid's legends. If there are no talks with the La Liga giants by Christmas, he could leave as early as January.

IMO with Kroos' contract almost up now and as long as he doesn't decide to retire early like he said a few seasons ago then Madrid will definitely try to make a new contract at least one more season for Kroos.Although his role is now starting to be regenerated with some other players but Kroos still plays a big role just like Modric in the squad, the difference is in terms of age. Kroos can still compete but Modric may be finished at Madrid and it would be a shame if Kroos is let go.
I still haven't seen any news about Kroos wanting to leave Madrid for another club because until now I saw that he is still very comfortable at Madrid even though his role is different now.

[topbitcoin]

Kroos retired from the German team in 2021 to focus on Real Madrid. Although he is used in matches, this veteran midfielder is still not satisfied with his new role. Kroos wants to leave Real Madrid. He currently only has a contract with Los Blancos after this season ends, and most importantly, he is no longer trusted by Carlo Ancelotti. Before Barca in the El Clasico match, Kroos was assigned the starting role by coach Ancelotti but could have played more effectively. He couldn't help Real Madrid hold the ball and was completely overwhelmed. As a result, Kroos was replaced from the field in the 63rd minute, and that was when Real Madrid gradually turned the game around.
With significant contributions, Kroos is considered one of Real Madrid's legends. If there are no talks with the La Liga giants by Christmas, he could leave as early as January.

IMO with Kroos' contract almost up now and as long as he doesn't decide to retire early like he said a few seasons ago then Madrid will definitely try to make a new contract at least one more season for Kroos.Although his role is now starting to be regenerated with some other players but Kroos still plays a big role just like Modric in the squad, the difference is in terms of age. Kroos can still compete but Modric may be finished at Madrid and it would be a shame if Kroos is let go.
I still haven't seen any news about Kroos wanting to leave Madrid for another club because until now I saw that he is still very comfortable at Madrid even though his role is different now.

Kroos said that he wasn't going anywhere last season and didn't want to change clubs but with the short-term contract he has now I think anything can still happen.
There are rumors that big EPL clubs like Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and even Newcastle are approaching Kroos to be in their squad next season and experience the atmosphere of the EPL before he decides to retire.

Now it really only remains to see whether Kroos will still be loyal to be in Madrid or will instead try to consider getting a new sensation before he really quits football completely. But I still hope that Kroos stays in Madrid.