On this Patron-only episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Gabe Lezra discuss:

- Preseason talk! What to take away from the Roma match, tactics and all

- The midfield build-up vs problems in the final third if Gareth Bale gets injured (and over-reliance on Bale’s health in general)

- Roma sleepwalking, and Real Madrid facing much better defensive lines in the regular season (yah duh)

- Keylor’s impressive distribution

- Carvajal’s poor form lingering

- Thibaut Courtois’s arrival, and the dominoes of Zidane not signing Kepa

- Athletic Bilbao has more money! What now?

- Mateo Kovacic latest updates

- Why does Lopetegui find a need to replace Kovacic at all?

- General talk on performances and place in team moving forward: Marcos Llorente, Fede Valverde, Vinicius Jr, Martin Odegaard

- Real Madrid captains historically

- Which players should go on loan and where?

- Advice on starting a podcast

- And more.

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Hosts this week:

Gabe Lezra (@ElEzrah)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)