I haven't talked about transfers because it's a boring and unnecessary topic leading to false hopes which are most likely going to lead into disappointment which is a hard pill to swallow for fans used with the club making every possible signing due to their strong pull power.
Point is that dont get your hopes up, with Cristiano leaving club changed completely direction creating a new project with a youth policy and will strictly follow that.

"There is too much to catch up to, we have to improvize" - Florentino Perez.
What RM did is create a base outliers with how they shape their transition periods:

• Recognize players age & time left
• Find specific players roles who are younger but by time players X is ready to move, Y is there to replace. (Valverde/Ø etc).
And this was a structure before the spread of Covid-19 pandemic which has hurt every club/sport/ and person in the world.

What does it mean for this summer? Chances are no signing or maximim one who isn't going to strain the financial stand of the club.
Zidane and co. will most likely identify a target (Camavinga?) to improve the midfield situation and add more depth to the current roster rather than any drastic change happening.

To an extent, i'd expect them giving a try to have Ødegaard return but it looks unlikely to happen.
This doesn't rule out Hàaland or Mbappè for the future as older players move on & given realistically expectations, not every youngster will step up & live up to replacing the older generation which will lead the club in necessary spendings such are those 2 or how Hazard was.
If Mbappè doesn't renew, it has a big possibility of happening next year. My bet would be on him renewing given to some details given to us.

Hàaland is more "realistic" but could technically take 2 years or club is struggling to perform and HAS to rush into making the deal.
So to end this of, i believe that fans have to accept the reality that big names/signings will be far less frequent and only when they're a necessity to compete.

This has a strong chance to lead into some unwanted results but has a potential for the future. Always a (?).
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