Real Madrid: Sell ​​before signing

Last week was an important meeting on the first floor of the Bernabeu Stadium. At the table, Florentino Perez, Jose Mourinho and Jose Angel Sanchez. The conclusion of the conclave was short: not make or announce signings until three or four players are sold (or loaned) what would allow Real Madrid lighten the template and payroll. In other words: Let people go out, before entering.

On Sale: Gago, Garay and Canales

The question is simple. With the signings accomplished just after the League, of Sahin (10 million euros to Borussia Dortmund), Altintop (free) and Jose Callejon (5 million euros to Espanyol) and the returns of Drenthe and Mateos, Mourinho is with a staff of 27 players, to which must be added the third goalkeeper (Tomas Mejias), if Mourinho does the same of last year with Adam.

Portuguese coach is in Madrid to work with the club (he will go on vacation when the school year of his children ends) and is meeting personally with the players with he does not count for 2011-12 season, as happened with Canales and Pedro Leon.

Those three or four leavings would deal the final stretch of the signings of Portuguese Coentrao (closely linked to future of Lass) and the arrival of a 'nine', whether Neymar or Kun Aguero. What Mourinho has said is that he does not want to have a workforce of more than 23 players. That is, five players must leave the team. But for now, nobody here wants to leave...