Can Cristiano Ronaldo Fill Rauls Shoes and Lead Real Madrid?
Cristiano Ronaldo is the new leader at Real Madrid. Although Iker Casillas has taken the captain’s armband, Ronaldo assumed the on-field leadership position by taking the No. 7 jersey after Raul’s departure. But is he deserving and ready to lead the team? This last decade for Real Madrid has been a generation aptly called The Galacticos—The Superstars. The team has a simple business model: Buy all of the best players in the world. They seem to operate on the flawed logic that if their roster has all of the best players in the world, then their team must be the best in the world. Other teams, like Barcelona or Arsenal, look more to develop talent, build team chemistry, and find the right players for their needs. The Galacticos era essentially started in 2000 when Real Madrid bought Luis Figo from Barcelona. The transfer caused quite the stir and controversy, but it was just the beginning. The following season, the great Zinedine Zidane joined. He was soon followed by Ronaldo, David Beck
