World Sports: Real Madrid will not arrange friendly matches this summer, but there may be closed-door training matches

"World Sports" reported that Real Madrid will not arrange pre-season friendly matches this summer.

Real Madrid has started the countdown on the holiday, and the team will gather at the training base on August 4 to start pre-season preparations. This will be an extremely compact preseason. Xavi Alonso's team has only 15 days to prepare and will face Osasuna at the Bernabeu on August 20 and start the journey of the new season.

The players enjoy a 24-day holiday this time, which exceeds the 21-day standard agreed by the La Liga and the Spanish Football Association, but the team cannot obtain the 21-day pre-season preparation period recommended by the Football Association (this clause is not written into the official agreement). Real Madrid has applied to postpone the match with Osasuna with the support of the Football Association and is still awaiting the ruling of the single judge of the Spanish Football Association.

Real Madrid does not arrange friendly matches in principle, but it is not ruled out that they will hold closed-door training matches with local Madrid teams at training bases. The club has always defined such summer closed-door matches as "training matches" rather than friendly matches.

The biggest highlight of pre-season preparations that will start on August 4 is the addition of new players A-fee, and he will practice with his teammates for the first time. Mastantono must wait until he turns 18 on August 14 before he can officially register as a Real Madrid player and participate in training. In terms of injuries, Bellingham will miss the preseason after undergoing shoulder surgery and is expected to return in October. Enderick's old injury relapses will need to rest for several months. Although Kamavenga has recovered, Alaba and Mendy, who have not participated in the Club World Cup, still need to be observed.