I think @legalalien was joking and the comment was aimed at Madrid buying a full back that isnt Trent (with all of the news is that Trent is going there)
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Yeah well, fact remains heās a Real player under contract, a regular starter and someone who offers them balance (they need more of it though).
Real have matured from the days when they would likely aim for someone like Salah to replace Rodrygo and find themselves wondering how to make so many offensive minded players work. Still, they have more to do in order to get that real balance again (not replacing Kroos as the main midfield controller was a big factor).
Rodrygo is certainly a player Iād show interest in if he was looking for a new challenge, but in our current circumstance (still want to see other movement in the forward line), weāll probably need something different.
Speaking of other players in general who have showed over their career the ability to play across the front, Ferran Torres is quietly having a very good season again. 19 goals this season for Barca (not to forget 21 for Spain).
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Weād be mad to go into a season as a club with our ambitions with only Bradley and Gomez as RB options.
Bradley is good enough, but inexperienced and hasnāt had the best injury record. Gomez is very unlikely to be available for more than a few weeks at a time.
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What about Trent though?
He is good with injuries and is probably still first choice?
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Gomez had the bad injury this year, but I think he was more or less injury free for about 18 months before then?
Edit:
Since his bad one (the patellar he got on England dirty) that wrote him off for the whole of 20/21ā¦.
21/22 - calf injury that kept him out for 33 days (9 games)
22/23 - muscle injury that kept him out for 22 days (5 games)
23/24 - No injuries, but missed a few days with a virus (1 game
24/25 - two hamstrings, the second probably a result of being brought back too early from the first. 26 games.
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Iām talking about going into next season with only those options.
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Would you want to rely on JG and CB staying fit while weāre playing two games a week?
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No, Iāve said we need a right back. But saying he canāt stay fit for more than a couple of weeks is a wild exaggeration.
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And I was jokingā¦
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Oh.
Sunday morning isnāt my sharpest time.
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You have a sharpest time? 
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Tuesday teatime for about 15 minutes.
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That was my first sentiment months ago when we found out that Trent is likely going to leave and we started thinking about the RB position.
I tend to agree, but Iām not sure whether weāll do it in this window. Also have to see how pre-season goes, some stuff will get sorted out early, some will be left for later.
Hopefully no new injuries in the mean time, which can change plans.
I surely expect us to strengthen in defence. Could be anything between 1 and 3 players. I think 2 is pretty realistic.
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Thursday night seems my most productive
Whippersnapper.
Weāre going to get told off (probably by me) for going off topic.
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You should sign for Man U.
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Step too far
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It would be a foolish decision to sell him, unless the player is demanding an out. This year, while Mbappe has individually had a productive season (he has a chance to end it as the best goal scoring season for a player in their first year at the club*), it has been a destabilizing addition. It is not just the positioning dilemma among him, Vini and Jude, but he is a second player who needs to be carried defensively.
The work Rodrigo has done to cover that work rate, in both phases, and balance when they do have it, is laudable. If he were to come you could see him very easily see him competing for games as the central striker the way weāve used Diaz a lot.
.* Iād be surprised if people could guess the player who holds that record
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As @redfanman said, I was being a bit ironic. The link isnāt to us buying an RB but is to RM supposedly being interested in an RB from Real Sociedad. So, jokingly I wondered if that meant that Trent to RM is off. I doubt if it is, and the link to the Sociedad palyer is probably just bollocks.
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With as held together by used chewing gum and sellotape as Carvajal was, Real really need to consider themselves as having no RBs to go into next season with. They have got by for 2 seasons before this by backing him up with a collection of players who arent RBs, but the best of those left the club last summer, and Vazquez has never been good enough and is now sneaky old. Even if they do finalize the Trent deal they really should be looking to bring in someone else to back him up as well.
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