Güler sends signal to Mourinho as Real Madrid suffers
In the photo from the EFE agency, signed by Mario Calderón, Guler and Mourinho appear alongside Kiko Huesca, under the title Madrid. The journalist notes that Real Madrid suffers from a lack of quality and ability to build play in the midfield at the start of the season.
Problems in the midfield of Real Madrid
Many analysts describe that the ailments afflicting Real Madrid at this start of the season are the lack of quality and the inability to create play in the midfield. This shortcoming has persisted since Toni Kroos left the club in the summer of 2023, and a solution has not yet been found.
Amid the crisis, several observers point to 21‑year‑old Arda Güler as the possible heir to the German's style of play. The Turkish player insists on the need to play more in the central area of the team and less on the wing.
Güler sends an indirect message to Mourinho
With the Turkish national team on an international break, Güler appears determined to send a subliminal message to José Mourinho, Real Madrid's coach, who keeps him in mind for every match but has not managed to keep him on the pitch for the full 90 minutes on any occasion this season.
Vincenzo Montella, Turkey's manager, gave him the opportunity in the match against France, where the Ottoman side fell to the side led by Zidane. Nevertheless, Güler was one of the standout players, delivering plays of great quality and occasionally unleashing his team's offensive chaos.
That performance served as an indirect message to José Mourinho, who remains attached to the idea of fielding Tchouaméni and Valverde in the midfield, a decision that, according to the article, yields negative consequences for the white side.
The text also mentions a historic criticism by Rio Ferdinand of Manchester City, quoted by Mario Calderón, which is part of the same report.
Güler hopes that the next break, in which Turkey will face Italy, Belgium and Italy again, will be decisive for the evolution of a season in which, if the whites do not promptly correct their playing problems, they could be forced to look for a new “zero” in their showcases.