Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti ‘trusts’ the squad

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has avoided talking about possible additions to the squad in the January transfer market after his team looked quite short-handed against Barcelona on Sunday night. He refused to reveal any details of his conversations with the club.

It didn’t take long for Ancelotti to be asked about possible additions in the remaining weeks of the transfer market. After losing Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal for the rest of the season, and failing to replace Toni Kroos or Nacho Fernández in the summer, Real Madrid’s squad planning has taken a hit of late.

“It is a team that has youth, energy, commitment, which does not always show it, but I trust this team. It’s been a month since they won the [Club] World Cup, the Champions League 6 months ago… and now we are competing in all the competitions.

Sometimes you have to pay the bill… and in the game the other day we paid it, it was an expensive bill but it was a game. We will fight until the end as always. [I have] “Total confidence in all my players.”

They asked him if there had been any change of plans regarding his strategy, either before or after the Classic.

“We have not changed the idea, it’s just that they are conversations we have with the club to have a competitive team,” Ancelotti said. After a third question about it, the Italian got tired and responded: “I won’t answer you.”

Although Ancelotti has refused to make statements about the transfer market in recent months, what is rumored from Valdebebas is that he has been asking for reinforcements for the defense since the summer. Lucas Vázquez has looked vulnerable in recent weeks, but Real Madrid are generally reluctant to act in January. The latest thing is that they are evaluating options although,