Ancelotti ahead of next market: "The club's project for the future is to sign a striker"

Real Madrid's Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti revealed that "the club's future project" includes "signing" a striker, as Frenchman Karim Benzema "is of an age", 35, despite defending the striker's performance this season, in which he has scored 29 goals.
"The club's future project is to sign a striker because Karim is of an age, but as Karim is now we don't think about this and the forward line is working very well. Karim has had ups and downs, but Rodrygo and Vinicius have progressed, Asensio is doing very well... the problem has not been up front these years - referring to his team's lack of defensive commitment in some games -" he told the press conference.
Ancelotti praised the performances of Vinicius and Rodrygo. "The Brazilian player stands out for his individual qualities. I've had many like Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Pato, Kaka... but each one has his own characteristics. Dribblers like Vinicus and Rodrygo are hard to find in world football," he said.
The coach also assured that Vinicius "doesn't need a red card" to make amends, after being questioned by a journalist, as "with all the yellow cards he's had, that's enough".