One thing Real Madrid do so well Thierry Henry can’t stop praising them for – it’s not playing football

In a recent discussion at the СBS Sports studio, the pundits delved into the topic of generational change in football, highlighting Real Madrid as a prime example of how to navigate this transition seamlessly.

Thierry Henry’s take on this was particularly enlightening.

“If there’s one thing you have to give them a lot of credit for, it’s the ability they have to make sure they build a team with keeping some of the old guard with them to make sure that they can explain to the guys coming, the young guys coming,” he started.

“If you look at it, if [Kylian] Mbappe goes there, they’re going to have a team that can be dominating Europe and dominating their league for maybe six to seven years because they’ll all be young.

“The one thing they do ever so well is they know when to get rid of players. I am not talking about the players that are logical to get rid of. I am talking about it was time for [Cristiano] Ronaldo. It was time for Casemiro. It was time for [Mesut] Ozil.

“But if you think about those three – [Luka] Modric, [Toni] Kroos and Casemiro – they sold the youngest one. Why would you sell the youngest one?

“Well, it’s because they noticed that those two can help [Fede] Valverde, [Aurelien] Tchouameni, [Eduardo] Camavinga and they do that ever-so-well and you have to give them credit, because when you get rid of the players that I mentioned before, they were outstanding players at that time for your team.”