Carlo Ancelotti has rubbished suggestions that Real Madrid could sign Monaco forward Radamel Falcao in January.
The Colombian forward has been heavily linked with a switch to Santiago Bernabeu over the winter, but ahead of Los Blancos’ game against Osasuna on Saturday, that Coach has dismissed that possibility.
“He’s a great player but we’re quite happy with the strikers we already have,” Ancelotti told a Press conference.
“The team is scoring a lot of goals and so there is no need to sign Falcao at this point in time.”
The Italian then went on to comment on the game at El Sadar.
“We’ll have 90 minutes to score so we shouldn’t be obsessed about scoring early in the game.
“Osasuna are a very organized team and we need to be focused right the way through the game.
“I won't be making many changes to the side which played the other day in Copenhagen.
“The players have recovered well. It's going to be a tough game, we will need to give our best but I think we can win
“The team’s attitude is good. Now we have more intensity at the back and more clarity to our game.
“We are in a good moment of form and we have to continue with the same attitude because the season is very long.”
Ancelotti then remarked on Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent form, Raphael Varane’s injury and Xabi Alonso’s future.
“It’s not just now that Cristiano is hitting top form – he's been playing at this level for 4 or 5 years.
“Raphael has been resting, as he’s supposed to do as part of his recovery programme. His knee is much better, it's not inflamed now and yesterday, he started a programme to build back strength in the affected area.
“He’ll continue with his recovery programme until the end of the year and should be back with us in January.
“I've only spoken to Xabi to tell him that that everyone here – the players, the fans, myself and the club all want him to stay. After that, the decision is his.”
