Real Madrid’s assistant boss Paul Clement has said one of the hardest tasks for Carlo Ancelotti is keeping everyone at the club happy.
The Champions League winners have a squad packed full of global superstars and this summer they added even more in the shape of German World Cup winner Toni Kroos and the tournament’s top scorer James Rodriguez.
Los Blancos sold Xabi Alonso and Angel di Maria, two of the star performers from last season, something that drew much criticism from fans of Real.
But the Englishman told the BBC that every year is the same, with the manager having to keep a fine balance between his squad and ensuring the players are happy, even if they don’t make the starting 11 from time to time.
“It’s a big challenge [keeping everyone happy], particularly for the manager. You look at our situation here, just before Xabi and Angel departed we had 20 high-level players and basically two for each position. We’re slightly lower than that now, we’re down to 18, but the problems are still there,” he said in an interview.
And he added: “These players are very competitive, playing at a high level and they want to play every game in almost all circumstances here.
“We see the disappointment of the players that get left out but they’re very professional and show in a good way the way to move forward from those disappointments.”
That true and we have to know the players we need most