The Real Madrid Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
Real Madrid lose Kylian Mbappé
50 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market17 Aug 2026
Villarreal come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Real Madrid did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 101979. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
Market17 Aug 2026
Real Madrid sign Leo Herrero, one for the future
Leo Herrero is 16, and Real Madrid have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market17 Aug 2026
A long bet from Real Madrid on Ricardo Serrano
He is 16, and nobody at Real Madrid signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
A long bet from Real Madrid on Roberto Blanco
He is 16, and nobody at Real Madrid signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Denzel Dumfries
- Squad Trent Alexander-Arnold keeps his manager's vote