S1 E3: Solving Real Madrid’s #9 Issue

Real Madrid has a Number 9 issue. After Benzema left, it has created a gap that must be filled. Klajdi, Kris and Lorenzo offer their thoughts on who Real Madrid should sign.

Klajdi (Klyde):
What’s up everybody? Clyde here with The Offside Perspective. I’m joined here by Lorenzo and Chris and today

Lorenzo:
Thank you.

Klajdi (Klyde):
today’s topic is Real Madrid’s number nine issue. So obviously Benzema is gone, they need a number nine. Where where does Real Madrid go from here? Lorenzo?

CHRIS:
So.

Lorenzo:
Um, I

Klajdi (Klyde):
or

Lorenzo:
feel

Klajdi (Klyde):
Chris,

Lorenzo:
like

Klajdi (Klyde):
if you, Chris go ahead, you raise your hand.

CHRIS:
I thought we were following classroom procedures, but I think there’s only one answer and whatever you guys will say is wrong. I think Harry Kane is the answer, again.

Klajdi (Klyde):
So much

CHRIS:
I’m asking

Klajdi (Klyde):
English

CHRIS:
for

Klajdi (Klyde):
bias,

CHRIS:
those that don’t know

Klajdi (Klyde):
man.

CHRIS:
the context, you can see our previous video and see our little debate with Clyde over this Harry Kane topic. So I think he’s the answer to everything. He’s the upcoming Jesus.

Klajdi (Klyde):
You can offend a bunch of people with that last comment.

CHRIS:
Hey, controversy man, against

Klajdi (Klyde):
But

CHRIS:
views.

Klajdi (Klyde):
you meant Jesus, right? He’s the upcoming

CHRIS:
Yeah,

Klajdi (Klyde):
Jesus, Gabriel

CHRIS:
uh, Darcelle

Klajdi (Klyde):
Jesus.

CHRIS:
player. Yeah.

Lorenzo:
Thank

Klajdi (Klyde):
So

Lorenzo:
you.

Klajdi (Klyde):
you think Harry Kane would solve Real Madrid’s number nine issue?

CHRIS:
He is the answer, yes.

Klajdi (Klyde):
Here’s the answer.

CHRIS:
Yes.

Klajdi (Klyde):
Okay. Lorenzo, what is your opinion?

Lorenzo:
I think Real is going to try a different approach. Kind of like Pep when he played without a DeClery striker. With the Bellingham coming in Real Madrid. You have Vinicius, you have Rodrigo. I feel like they’re going to try to play without a number nine. and they definitely have the players to do that. You just, I would say, I would assume they would probably focus more on, you know, Vinicius coming more central from the wings, kind of like Ronaldo, start on the wings, coming more central. That would be my guess. I don’t think they’re going to get a true number nine. I mean, there’s still time on the transfer market, but I see Real Madrid as, you know… Changing the approach a little bit. Adapting players in different positions.

Klajdi (Klyde):
I don’t see that for a few reasons. One, Ancelotti, I don’t think he’ll play without a number nine. He’s always had a number nine. And two, other teams have done it. You’re right. I mean, Bayern did it. Man City did it. But at the same time, even though they didn’t have a number nine, number nine, they had a backup. So Bayern had a true promote team, whatever, secondhand player, but they still had it. Right. And so help them score some goals. Man City did not have a Aguero, but they had, uh, Gabriel Jesus. Still has Zeus was, uh, you know, I wouldn’t say like a perfect replacement, but he still helped them when they needed him and around Madrid, they just don’t have that unless, unless they have some Academy player or someone that, that we don’t know. I mean, they had Mariano Diaz. He kind of started. as a number nine, even though he got number seven right after Ronaldo left. Mariano Diaz left. Now the guy, Ibrahim Diaz, they got, they’re loaded in midfield.

Lorenzo:
Alright, that’s why I’m saying

Klajdi (Klyde):
They’re

Lorenzo:
you

CHRIS:
Thank

Lorenzo:
don’t

Klajdi (Klyde):
good

CHRIS:
you.

Lorenzo:
think…

Klajdi (Klyde):
on defense, but on wings… Because

Lorenzo:
So you

Klajdi (Klyde):
even

Lorenzo:
don’t think…

Klajdi (Klyde):
on wings, you got to realize, on wings they have Rodrigo and they have Vinicius. What if one gets injured? Because you got to think about, you know, squad depth also.

Lorenzo:
Right, that’s what I said. You don’t think they can shift to Venice’s more central? Like, you know, because Ronaldo was the wing that made United too, you know, when he started and then he had a great season and then he became almost,

Klajdi (Klyde):
Well,

Lorenzo:
you know.

Klajdi (Klyde):
technically speaking on paper, Ronaldo was a winger even around Madrid, right? Benzema

Lorenzo:
Right,

Klajdi (Klyde):
was the number nine,

Lorenzo:
right, so

Klajdi (Klyde):
even

Lorenzo:
that’s…

Klajdi (Klyde):
though Ronaldo was a goalscorer.

Lorenzo:
Right, so…

Klajdi (Klyde):
But I’m thinking mostly from squad depth perspective, right? Because the season is long, you’re in three competitions. What happens if, God forbid, one of them gets injured? Either Rodrigo or Vinicius Jr. What happens then? You got no wings.

CHRIS:
Yeah, but so this like on the winger side, they can, you know, have someone else. They can change the midfield shape. Um, you can do a lot of things to, to change that, but don’t forget

Klajdi (Klyde):
I’m

CHRIS:
they

Klajdi (Klyde):
not

CHRIS:
have.

Klajdi (Klyde):
talking

CHRIS:
No,

Klajdi (Klyde):
about makeshift formations,

CHRIS:
no,

Klajdi (Klyde):
I mean

CHRIS:
but

Klajdi (Klyde):
sure, yeah you can

CHRIS:
hear me out. Hear me out. What I was trying to say. What I’m

Klajdi (Klyde):
Okay.

CHRIS:
saying is there’s, there’s a solution to that, right? There’s some, it might not be the most ideal solution, but there’s a solution. You have no one as a striker, like zero.

Klajdi (Klyde):
Right.

CHRIS:
Like who? So that’s, you know, their problem is a striker. But I think knowing that, so they can’t, okay, City’s done it, Barca’s done it. Apparently, Byron’s done it, which I don’t agree with you. I don’t think I’ve seen Byron play without a striker. Or,

Klajdi (Klyde):
Well,

CHRIS:
you know,

Klajdi (Klyde):
without

CHRIS:
maybe

Klajdi (Klyde):
a

CHRIS:
actually

Klajdi (Klyde):
number

CHRIS:
not,

Klajdi (Klyde):
9 per se,

CHRIS:
yeah.

Klajdi (Klyde):
you know?

CHRIS:
But, so these systems were in a way like set up that way because… you didn’t even the number nine was not truly a striker at all times the number nine sometimes had to come back sometimes at the drop on the wings you know you had someone else taking his position so reales is more rigid it’s not this type of fluid system that you know city in barca played on with without this stuff so unless real wants to change their philosophy within a month uh… you know until the transfer window ends i don’t think that’s going to be likely some type of striker because

Klajdi (Klyde):
Then they’re gonna buy the solution for every team, right? Kane.

CHRIS:
you can’t invest all this money in all these other positions and then lack it in the striker position.

Klajdi (Klyde):
that’s

CHRIS:
You can’t

Klajdi (Klyde):
kind

CHRIS:
leave

Klajdi (Klyde):
of like

CHRIS:
it.

Klajdi (Klyde):
buying a Ferrari without a steering wheel

CHRIS:
Yeah exactly.

Klajdi (Klyde):
so

Lorenzo:
Amen.

Klajdi (Klyde):
to speak

CHRIS:
You’re almost completing this thing and you’re going to leave it without a striker. I don’t

Lorenzo:
I

CHRIS:
think

Lorenzo:
think…

CHRIS:
that’s going to work for them anyways.

Lorenzo:
I think…

Klajdi (Klyde):
And you know where I saw that? I’m sorry Lawrence. I’m

Lorenzo:
Okay.

Klajdi (Klyde):
gonna say something. So last year when Benzema was injured for a few games Real Madrid Suffered sure, you know, they had a solution. Obviously, you know, you’re gonna have a replacement You’re still gonna play with 11 players on the field But you know what a number nine gives you You cannot you cannot go without number nine for the whole season in three different competitions Unless you just want to consider it as a transitory season, because Ancelotti is going to be gone at the end of the season. But if you’re Real Madrid, such a big team, you’re not going to take that gamble.

Lorenzo:
I mean, realistically speaking,

Klajdi (Klyde):
What are you going to say, Lorenzo?

Lorenzo:
I think this is, I mean, I think it’s a perfect time for Mbappe to go to Real Madrid and kind of force PSG hand. He came out with the comments on the interviews. Plus, you know, his contract runs out last next year. So and PSG is not going to let a player like Mbappe, you know, leave for free. On any business, you know,

Klajdi (Klyde):
Right.

Lorenzo:
perspective,

Klajdi (Klyde):
They’ve made that

Lorenzo:
that

Klajdi (Klyde):
pretty

Lorenzo:
makes

Klajdi (Klyde):
clear.

Lorenzo:
no sense. So I feel like at this time Real Madrid can pay definitely paid a lot less than what initially I paid for Mbappe. I mean maybe his wages are a different story but as a transfer fee to PSG I believe that Mbappe is not happy at PSG. PSG needs to capitalize on one of their assets but they’re kind of going to get forced into basically accepting whatever offer comes their way. So I feel like most likely. towards maybe like the last two or three days of the market, they’re gonna finalize Bapit Real Madrid. I feel like it’s gonna

Klajdi (Klyde):
You know,

Lorenzo:
happen

Klajdi (Klyde):
that’s

CHRIS:
Is that

Lorenzo:
this.

Klajdi (Klyde):
interesting.

CHRIS:
Solving Number 9 issue?

Lorenzo:
Will he solve

Klajdi (Klyde):
But

Lorenzo:
it?

Klajdi (Klyde):
that makes a perfect episode.

CHRIS:
I don’t think that Solving Number 9 issue.

Lorenzo:
I feel with Mbappe is going to solve the number 9 issue.

Klajdi (Klyde):
I think so too. I think having Mbappe there would help with going without a number nine, so to speak. I

CHRIS:
Oh

Klajdi (Klyde):
think

CHRIS:
yeah,

Klajdi (Klyde):
so

CHRIS:
it helped

Klajdi (Klyde):
too.

CHRIS:
the cause,

Klajdi (Klyde):
I

CHRIS:
right?

Klajdi (Klyde):
see

CHRIS:
Right.

Klajdi (Klyde):
Lorenzo’s point of view. Because they would have squat depth and…

CHRIS:
It’s like having Messi on one winger and Ronaldo on the other winger saying we can play with no striker. I get that.

Lorenzo:
I don’t know, but I mean

Klajdi (Klyde):
Yeah,

CHRIS:
That

Lorenzo:
even

CHRIS:
helps.

Lorenzo:
with…

CHRIS:
It’s

Klajdi (Klyde):
kind

CHRIS:
definitely

Klajdi (Klyde):
of

CHRIS:
having

Klajdi (Klyde):
similar

CHRIS:
better than

Klajdi (Klyde):
analogy.

CHRIS:
Ronaldo.

Lorenzo:
Even Vappe, if you watch me on the French team, you can put him either as a nine or as a ten. He can play both positions. Yes, ideally he’ll like playing on the wing. But I mean, with

CHRIS:
Great.

Lorenzo:
Vappe, you can switch one of those players on the wing. You can put Vappe on the wing, put Vinicius in the center, or put Vinicius on the wing where he played and put Vappe in the center. So I feel like that would

Klajdi (Klyde):
You can

Lorenzo:
solve

Klajdi (Klyde):
alternate.

Lorenzo:
their number nine

CHRIS:
later.

Lorenzo:
problem. This is why it’s

Klajdi (Klyde):
If

Lorenzo:
interesting.

Klajdi (Klyde):
I was Real Madrid If I was Real Madrid, here’s what I would do if Mbappe was not You know if he if Mbappe was not an option this year, I’ll take a Cardi man That guy was a bowler at Inter Now he’s a god to Sarai. I think PSG sold him. I think he would fit perfectly at Real Madrid He’s not even that old It will give you two, three years.

Lorenzo:
you would say kind of do what a one real got to charity to kind of have him as a backup.

Klajdi (Klyde):
Yeah?

CHRIS:
happen to

Klajdi (Klyde):
A

CHRIS:
Real?

Klajdi (Klyde):
backup is better than nothing.

CHRIS:
Real

Lorenzo:
Yeah?

CHRIS:
would have three, four guys in the striker position and now they’re down to zero.

Lorenzo:
Well, I mean,

Klajdi (Klyde):
I

Lorenzo:
they invested

Klajdi (Klyde):
see

Lorenzo:
their midfield, so…

Klajdi (Klyde):
I never saw her always having that many with a head morata the head morata

CHRIS:
Murata,

Klajdi (Klyde):
that was a

CHRIS:
Benzema,

Klajdi (Klyde):
while ago

CHRIS:
at a point they had Iguain, Benzema, okay Ronaldo was

Klajdi (Klyde):
Yeah.

CHRIS:
playing there, they probably have an academy player too.

Klajdi (Klyde):
So now

CHRIS:
This

Klajdi (Klyde):
they’re down

CHRIS:
well,

Klajdi (Klyde):
to zero.

CHRIS:
Chicharito, now they’re down to zero

Klajdi (Klyde):
But

CHRIS:
so I don’t know.

Klajdi (Klyde):
for long term, for long term, Ossima, the Napoli guy man,

CHRIS:
Yeah,

Lorenzo:
Yeah.

Klajdi (Klyde):
whatever

CHRIS:
that’s true.

Klajdi (Klyde):
team he goes to, he’s a

CHRIS:
No,

Klajdi (Klyde):
long

CHRIS:
that’s

Klajdi (Klyde):
term

CHRIS:
true.

Klajdi (Klyde):
investment.

CHRIS:
And just to remind everyone, we’re not, you know, we’re talking about actual number nines and not like, you know, an Academy player that’s made his debut once and, you

Klajdi (Klyde):
Right,

CHRIS:
know,

Klajdi (Klyde):
right.

CHRIS:
don’t come at us like, oh, they have this person, they don’t have zero. No, they have zero in our book.

Lorenzo:
Like, confirm

Klajdi (Klyde):
That’s

Lorenzo:
true

Klajdi (Klyde):
right.

Lorenzo:
number nine is

Klajdi (Klyde):
But

Lorenzo:
not up

Klajdi (Klyde):
that’s

Lorenzo:
in company.

Klajdi (Klyde):
what I will do either. Actually, so here’s what I would say number one number one pick for me would be Icardi because one he’s a is a Not that not that expensive and two The new coach comes in next year. You never know if he wants to keep Icardi or Osemiyeb or Osime But the new coach comes in and he can decide what who he wants, you know, but Icardi is such a low risk that you don’t need to splash a bunch of money and you don’t

Lorenzo:
So then.

Klajdi (Klyde):
throw away your you know your whole season and call it a transitory season

Lorenzo:
So on that

Klajdi (Klyde):
that’s

Lorenzo:
case

Klajdi (Klyde):
what i would

Lorenzo:
then,

Klajdi (Klyde):
do if i was around andread icardi

Lorenzo:
on that case then it would make more sense to get somebody alone for a year. If they’re going to have a new

Klajdi (Klyde):
Yeah?

Lorenzo:
coach and kind of

Klajdi (Klyde):
Even

Lorenzo:
see what

Klajdi (Klyde):
that?

Lorenzo:
they want to build, I feel like it would make more sense.

CHRIS:
He’s good. Other than Lukaku, who else is going to go alone? That’s

Lorenzo:
Vlachovic.

Klajdi (Klyde):
Hehehehehehe

CHRIS:
decent. That’s that level, honestly. And Murata.

Lorenzo:
Vlachovic is

CHRIS:
Unless

Lorenzo:
an option.

CHRIS:
they want to give Murata a chance.

Klajdi (Klyde):
Vlaović, yeah,

CHRIS:
Alone?

Klajdi (Klyde):
he’s been linked. Yeah?

Lorenzo:
Alone, yeah.

CHRIS:
But why, why would you vent this one alone, Vavvich, if he’s this good? If he’s the answer for real.

Klajdi (Klyde):
Just to…

Lorenzo:
Juventus is going through a hard time,

CHRIS:
And it’s just

Lorenzo:
if

CHRIS:
the

Lorenzo:
they

CHRIS:
answer

Klajdi (Klyde):
get

Lorenzo:
can

CHRIS:
to

Klajdi (Klyde):
in

Lorenzo:
get

Klajdi (Klyde):
game

CHRIS:
a fire.

Lorenzo:
him off his

Klajdi (Klyde):
tonight.

Lorenzo:
payroll.

Klajdi (Klyde):
He’ll play in Champions

CHRIS:
Oh,

Klajdi (Klyde):
League.

Lorenzo:
Don’t

CHRIS:
okay.

Lorenzo:
forget bro. Don’t forget this players.

CHRIS:
Okay.

Lorenzo:
They cost a lot of money. It’s not in the transfer fee like their wages are a lot so

Klajdi (Klyde):
Right?

Lorenzo:
Just getting that off your

CHRIS:
Yeah,

Lorenzo:
you

Klajdi (Klyde):
Yeah.

Lorenzo:
know, if you’re

CHRIS:
it

Lorenzo:
trying

CHRIS:
doesn’t

Lorenzo:
to restructure

CHRIS:
matter that we-

Lorenzo:
So if you’re struggling financially and you get some of

CHRIS:
Yeah.

Lorenzo:
your top earners out. You know,

CHRIS:
Yeah, but we’re not

Lorenzo:
it

CHRIS:
talking

Lorenzo:
frees

CHRIS:
about

Lorenzo:
up.

CHRIS:
like, um, Granada or I don’t know, like Crystal Palace buying Vow of Witch. We’re talking about Byron, which we talked about previous episodes, and we’re talking about Rael right now getting Vow

Lorenzo:
Right.

CHRIS:
of Witch. So obviously we have to, you know, anyways, I think Kane has all the answers that you

Klajdi (Klyde):
Yeah.

CHRIS:
guys need, but you guys need to start opening your horizons and watching Harry Kane at a different, but just look at him and say, Oh, this guy’s at Tana Embus and that just Watch

Klajdi (Klyde):
You

CHRIS:
me

Klajdi (Klyde):
have

CHRIS:
does

Klajdi (Klyde):
so much bias. You have so much bias, Chris.

CHRIS:
No, I do not I like OC men too and you know vol which I’ve never liked um, I like Benzema

Klajdi (Klyde):
Is it because

CHRIS:
a lot Who

Klajdi (Klyde):
you don’t like him? Because I feel like you haven’t watched him enough. Vlahovitch.

CHRIS:
Oh, it’s just not consistent is what I think.

Lorenzo:
Well, I mean, don’t

Klajdi (Klyde):
If

Lorenzo:
forget

Klajdi (Klyde):
you’re Antena,

Lorenzo:
this.

Klajdi (Klyde):
that’s where I watched him. He was pretty consistent.

Lorenzo:
Yeah, you’re going to see the best season. He’s been injured

CHRIS:
I’m sure

Lorenzo:
multiple

CHRIS:
you know

Lorenzo:
times,

CHRIS:
who you’re

Lorenzo:
so

CHRIS:
talking to.

Lorenzo:
he hasn’t played, you know, a lot of. But just to go for attention off a little bit.

CHRIS:
That’s also part of the key, I guess.

Lorenzo:
Harry Kane. I don’t see him live in England.

CHRIS:
is the best

Lorenzo:
If

CHRIS:
thing.

Lorenzo:
he’s going to go, he’s going to go on the EPL.

CHRIS:
What?

Lorenzo:
He probably is going to go to Man United most likely or another team in the EPL. I don’t see him live in England. even though Bayern are close to signing

Klajdi (Klyde):
I disagree

Lorenzo:
him,

Klajdi (Klyde):
with it.

Lorenzo:
I think he’s going

CHRIS:
That’s

Lorenzo:
to remain

CHRIS:
what

Lorenzo:
in

CHRIS:
we

Lorenzo:
England.

CHRIS:
think, right?

Klajdi (Klyde):
I disagree.

Lorenzo:
Amen.

Klajdi (Klyde):
I think because, you know, he’s been at Tottenham for so long, he’s gonna, he kind of like owes them that much to not be sold, you know, to not want to be sold to a different EPL team. I think he owes them that much. That’s what that’s

Lorenzo:
I mean,

Klajdi (Klyde):
my

Lorenzo:
we’re

Klajdi (Klyde):
personal opinion. If

Lorenzo:
talking

Klajdi (Klyde):
I

Lorenzo:
about

Klajdi (Klyde):
was if

Lorenzo:
modern.

Klajdi (Klyde):
I was Harry Kane, I would go to Bayern. But that’s a that’s a different

Lorenzo:
Yep. We’re talking about

Klajdi (Klyde):
that’s

CHRIS:
Alright

Lorenzo:
modern

Klajdi (Klyde):
a different

CHRIS:
guys,

Lorenzo:
football,

CHRIS:
I think

Klajdi (Klyde):
topic.

CHRIS:
that

Lorenzo:
bro.

CHRIS:
was

Lorenzo:
Those

CHRIS:
it for

Lorenzo:
loyalties

CHRIS:
today.

Lorenzo:
don’t exist anymore. There’s only a few players

Klajdi (Klyde):
No, I wouldn’t say that.

Lorenzo:
that will do that.

Klajdi (Klyde):
There’s no more totis, huh?

Lorenzo:
A few players

Klajdi (Klyde):
Alright

Lorenzo:
that would

Klajdi (Klyde):
fellas,

Lorenzo:
do that.

Klajdi (Klyde):
well this was a very interesting topic. I think we, us three, solved Real Madrid’s number 9 issue. That’s all we had for today everyone. This was the outside perspective. Thank you guys for watching and thank you Lorenzo and Chris for your opinions. And we’ll see you all on different videos.

Lorenzo:
Alrighty.