Ancelotti happy with Madrid transfer backing

Carlo Ancelotti said connected Saturday that helium couldn't person asked for much from Real Madrid connected signings, with the nine present successful the mediate of a large antiaircraft rebuild aft failing to onshore a large trophy this season.

Madrid's rivals Barcelona were confirmed arsenic LaLiga champions connected Thursday aft Ancelotti's squad had already missed retired connected winning the Champions League and the Copa del Rey, successful a run defined by a drawstring of injuries to cardinal players.

Madrid person present reacted, announcing the signing of centre-back Dean Huijsen, working connected the arrival of right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold and successful talks with Benfica implicit left-back Álvaro Carreras.

But speaking successful a quality conference, Ancelotti said helium had nary regrets implicit the club's nonaccomplishment to adhd to the squad past summer, oregon successful January, aft cardinal defenders Éder Militão and Dani Carvajal were some ruled retired agelong term.

"Last twelvemonth [signing a defender] wasn't an option," Ancelotti said, speaking up of Madrid's LaLiga crippled astatine Sevilla. "We had [David] Alaba coming backmost [from injury], and Militão and Carvajal were fit, and during the play those injuries affected us.

"Since I've been here, Real Madrid person signed [Eduardo] Camavinga, [Antonio] Rüdiger, [Aurélien] Tchouaméni, [Jude] Bellingham, [Kylian] Mbappé... Could I inquire for more? No."

Madrid went into past weekend's 4-3 Clásico defeat astatine Barcelona, which efficaciously ended the rubric race, without their full first-choice backmost 4 of Carvajal, Militão, Rüdiger and Ferland Mendy.

However Ancelotti said a deficiency of January reinforcements weren't decisive successful Madrid's mediocre season, and refused to criticise the club's inaction.

"All the decisions we've taken were taken with me, with the coaching staff," Ancelotti said. "Last twelvemonth we had the aforesaid problems and we were capable to hole them. This twelvemonth it was much difficult... It's been an evident problem. The cardinal has been the injuries we've had successful defence. There were excessively many, for precise important players."

Barcelona officially clinched the rubric successful Thursday's 2-0 triumph astatine Espanyol, and Ancelotti said Hansi Flick's squad "deserved to triumph it."

"Sometimes you aren't capable to get the champion retired of everyone arsenic a team," Ancelotti said. "Barcelona person done well, we person to congratulate them. They've been much consistent, they've played truly bully football."

Ancelotti is acceptable to permission Madrid astatine the extremity of the home play to instrumentality the Brazil nationalist squad job, with the nine finalising a woody for Xabi Alonso to instrumentality over successful clip for adjacent month's Club World Cup.