Mariano Diaz is a scoring genius

Years ago when he was getting handful of assists the argument was that he assists alot soon it'll be something else

what a beast this kid

as i said, better goalscorer than morata and benzema

he is a natural

Quel but de Mariano Diaz

https://twitter.com/mercatolivefr/status/967798171761037312

And we kept the worst of the 3. Sigh, I hate Zidane sometimes.

Getting the number 7 from Madrid

Amazing

Who?

@Harmonica wrote:Who?

Yeah they are an English rock band. They may not be as popular as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, but they are popular too. They have released many memorable songs over the years. Baba O'Riley is quite catchy.

He will be the best #7 since Ronaldo.

He's an absolute nobody and will most likely remain one.

lol no 7 seriously .

Asensio chickened out so this guy came in to claim it. Ffs the confidence

Clearly Perez wants to upset Ronaldo. He probably thought Madrid was going to retire his shirt

@halamadrid2 wrote:Asensio chickened out so this guy came in to claim it. Ffs the confidence

wrong, Asensio asked for it and request was denied. Mariano though

It's a smart move and way to remove the myth out of the number by assigning it to a player we know has 0 expectation or chance to be that good.

Had it been given to Asensio, it would have been much more pressure on his shoulders to live up to it, to be the new Raul. That's the last thing Asensio needs, he is still developing and finding his way as a talent and player.

I like when my club makes smart decisions

@Mr Nick09 wrote:

@halamadrid2 wrote:Asensio chickened out so this guy came in to claim it. Ffs the confidence

It's a smart move and way to remove the myth out of the number by assigning it to a player we know has 0 expectation or chance to be that good.

Had it been given to Asensio, it would have been much more pressure on his shoulders to live up to it, to be the new Raul. That's the last thing Asensio needs, he is still developing and finding his way as a talent and player.

Both the above statement are contradictory

Giving the number to Asensio will put pressure or him. But to the same to Mariano is not pressure but removing a myth for the number.

lol this is worse than us giving the number 7 shirt to Depay ffs

@zenmaster wrote:

@Mr Nick09 wrote:

@halamadrid2 wrote:Asensio chickened out so this guy came in to claim it. Ffs the confidence

It's a smart move and way to remove the myth out of the number by assigning it to a player we know has 0 expectation or chance to be that good.

Had it been given to Asensio, it would have been much more pressure on his shoulders to live up to it, to be the new Raul. That's the last thing Asensio needs, he is still developing and finding his way as a talent and player.

Both the above statement are contradictory

Giving the number to Asensio will put pressure or him. But to the same to Mariano is not pressure but removing a myth for the number.

Not contradictory. No one expects much from Mariano (including himself). So you could give him that legendary number and R9's boots and still people wouldn't blame him for any lack of goals.

Asensio on the other hand is very talented and people already expects him to deliver. Giving him that number would put even more pressure on him and stagnate his development.

Does anyone recall three seasons ago when Mayoral and Mariano were with Castilla?

Mayoral was new scoring kid in the academy and has jumped several levels to be on that team, while Mariano was several years older, a late bloomer. I recall Turok saying Mayoral should be on first team, behind Benz rather than bring Morata back. Mariano was viewed as an after thought, while Mayoral, thought to be the better one was sent out on loan to develop.

Funny how things work out!

Good signing decent back up with an upside hopefully still, meh don't care about numbers on a jersey tbh players shouldn't either, anyone from fans to journalists that equates a number with quality needs to grow up, yes cr wore it so what time to move on good job flo.

Gotta love Bill ripping off my posting style.

Funny how things workout

From Lyon's bench to number 7 at Real Madrid.

The ultimate "fucc you" to Ronaldo by Perez.

Lyon's bench

He was benched at the end of last season and the results significantly improved, he was also benched this season with Fekir not even back yet, he was not gonna start this season either as soon as Fekir was back into the team

Traore,Memphis and Fekir are just better options offensively, they were ahead of him in the pecking order.

It's not that he's a bad player, Lyon's offensive line is just really good.

Wow, whats happening with Real, must be the managers desire to use the Spanish youth, lets see how they do, but u cant help but feel he will be one of the weakness no.7 for Real obviously... good thing for us

Read that Real actually paid like over 20M to buy him back from the Lyon loan? Perez has really changed so much, in the past obviously he woulda just use that 20M as part of a bigger sum to buy one of the big stars...

@BarcaLearning wrote:Wow, whats happening with Real, must be the managers desire to use the Spanish youth, lets see how they do, but u cant help but feel he will be one of the weakness no.7 for Real obviously... good thing for us

Read that Real actually paid like over 20M to buy him back from the Lyon loan? Perez has really changed so much, in the past obviously he woulda just use that 20M as part of a bigger sum to buy one of the big stars...

Please don't remind me

I really don't mind having Mariano as a back-up. My main problem lies with Benzema, a guy who wouldn't start for any of the CL contenders, but somehow continues to start for Madrid.

So he started 30 out of 34 games and he suddenly became a bench player. He started the first 2 games of this season while having his mind elsewhere. Could be due to Fekir also having his mind elsewhere but lol to call him a bench player is a stretch even with all these hypotheses

They might play better without him I don't know but to conclude that he was a bench player based on the last 2-3 games of the season

If he was benched it'd probably be that petty Memphis' doing. Got jealous he was outshone so probably threw a hissy fit.