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The recent Real Madrid's acquisition of the young croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic has been a thing up for debate. Will he shine in his new team? Is he going to be able to break to the star studded starting XI of Madrid? Mateo Kovacic in his former club has became one of the fan favourites due to his contributions to Inter Milan. Despite all this, he will not have a guaranteed starting position in Real Madrid since there are already a lot of talented midfielders such as the experienced Luka Modric, James Rodriguez, Toni Kroos and the spanish prodigy Isco. There is no denying that he will struggle to have more game time and perhaps he will only be starting in the smaller games such as the early stages of the Copa del rey or the league games against the newly promoted sides.
However, the 21 year old can be put under the wings of Luka Modric who is playing in the same position as him. Modric himself speaks highly of his fellow Croatian teammate and he already backs him into winning the Ballon D'or in two years time, which I as a Madrid fan myself finds it to be rather unlikely. Not while Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is still in the game anyways. As long as those two players are still banging goals, the Ballon D'or will remain as a two horse race. But the real question is, is he going to grow into one of the key players of Real Madrid? I believe so, judging by his performance in his Inter Milan days he is more than capable to be a pivotal player in the future.
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