On this Patron-only episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Matt Wiltse review the performances from Real Madrid’s loanees this weekend, and then dive into Zidane discussion. Topics:

- Zinedine Zidane’s energy and how the club received a jolt

- An ideal scenario for him

- Raul de Tomas’s performance against Barcelona, and his time with Castilla under Zidane

- Martin Odegaard vs Feyenood

- Theo Hernandez horror show vs Sevilla

- Andriy Lunin vs Atletico Madrid

- Mateo Kovacic vs Wolves

- Paying our respects to Santiago Solari

- Kylian Mbappe -- how attainable?

- Florentino’s “Both” comment when asked about Neymar and Mbappe

- How much does the fate of Isco and Marcelo change?

- Zidane’s conditions upon return

- What Zidane has learned from his previous stint

- And more.

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Hosts this week:

Matt Wiltse (@MattWitltse4)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)