Real Madrid comfortably won the la Liga trophy last season as most teams in the league failed to hit their best form. Teams like Athletico Madrid struggled, and Barca could only build a late momentum towards the end of the season. There is no denying that Barca's effort counted for little despite handing Real Madrid their most significant loss of the season. The defeat happened as Real Madrid was already confident that the league was theirs for the taking and put in little effort towards winning that match-up.
After winning the league and the champions league, many expected Real Madrid to recruit heavily to fix positions in which key players continued to age and position there were weak. Real Madrid, the champions of Europe, was sure a sure top player magnet, but that has not been the case witnessed so far. Madrid's key targets continue to choose other teams over them, and this has happened as two top players in the person of Halland and Mbappe, decided to sign contracts with other teams. Although the signing of Antonio Rudiger will help make the Real Madrid defense much tighter, the signing of Aurelien Tchouameni will further provide cover for the aging midfield.
On the other hand, their cash-strapped rival continues to make a ground-breaking statement signing. The first Barcelona achievement in this current transfer window was making Dembele agree to sign a new deal for two years despite having to take a pay cut of over 40% in his previous salary. After that, Barca convinced Raphinha to sign for them despite Chelsea offering a more oversized transfer fee. The signing of Kassie from Ac Milan came as a shock, but the player is a big win for Barca's fragile midfield. Lastly, Signing Lewandoski despite having Auba shows that Barcelona means business, and they are ready to bully all teams in the La Liga come next season.
Both teams may have gotten great players in this summer transfer window, and there is no denying that Barcelona has the edge over Real Madrid in this summer window. This signing will bring the spark back to an already declining El-Classico match-up since Ronaldo left Real Madrid. People will be on the watch as stars such as Benzema and Lewa goes head to head as they battle for supremacy. The coming match-up between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be the most watched since the days of Ronaldo and Messi. Both teams look better than they were last season or seasons ago.
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