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

- Sergio Ramos’s injury

- His decision to play with the Spanish National Team

- Toni Kroos’s decision to withdraw from Germany

- Does the club now have more leverage in the Ramos contract negotiations?

- A hypothetical Eden Hazard / Cristiano Ronaldo swap

- Insane football scheduling

- The World Cup boycott talks

- What is club football didn’t exist? Who would be the best players in the world?

- Erling Haaland and Karim Benzema together

- Takefusa Kubo to Eibar?

- Predictions for the week from hell: Liverpool, Barcelona, Liverpool

- Can Barcelona afford Erling Haaland?

- What’s Isco’s value?

- Is Germany better without Toni Kroos?

- And more.

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Lucas Navarrete (@LucasNavarreteM)