The two players are still without a team when the market is already facing its final stretch, due to their high claims
His residual presence in the last merengues campaigns has stopped the possible interested parties
It hasn’t been the most pleasant summer for two former Real Madrid players like Isco Alarcón and Marcelo Vieira. Both find themselves without a team when the market already consumes the first week of August, and the lack of interesting offers can end up leaving both in the lurch.
The two have made their plans clear, they want to remain in the elite and do not think of golden retreats on the shores of the Persian Gulf. But one thing is the wishes and another very different, the reality. And it is that his presence in the plans of Real Madrid has ended up being residual, especially in the last two campaigns, and that makes them unappetizing targets for the big ones, no matter how much the curriculum looks like.
Malaga-born Isco made it clear from the moment he closed his white spell on June 30 that his priority was to play in the Champions League and therefore was allowed to reject an alleged offer from Roma by Jose Mourinho. The people from the capital will not play the maximum continental competition in this campaign 22-23.
Thus, it seemed that Sevilla’s option did satisfy both parties, a waterfall of praise from Julen Lopetegui included. Nevertheless, the age of Isco Alarcón, 30 years old on April 21, ended up throwing the Pizjuán team back. There were siren calls from the other team in Seville, Real Betis, but again the heliopolitan non-classification for the Champions shelved the matter.
Now, the weeks go by and no one launches with the intention of undertaking the signing of Isco. The one from Arroyo de la Miel works alone and looks forward to it, but the European ocean liners seem to have passed him by.
Marcelo is in a similar position. There have been no shortage of offers after his goodbye to the Concha Espina team, but none have ended up coming together. His worrying state of form, with an obvious overweight in the last year as a Madrid left-back, is an obstacle coupled with his 34 years of age.
The point is that Only projects far from the elite have been interested in him, such as clubs from Qatar or the United Arab Emirates, but the good Marcelo is still seen to play in the continental elite. The problem is that this elite considers him an old glory of the past, and the pockets are not too buoyant to risk on a player who already seems to be in the final stretch of his career.
A) Yes, the names that are sounding with more insistence are four: Valladolid, Getafe, Trabzonspor and Fenerbahçe. And Marcelo doesn’t even want to hear about them.
A complicated summer for two players who once shone dressed in white, but who now find no accommodation. And time is short.