By the time they join Real, the spine of the team will be long gone (Marcelo, Ramos, Modric, Benzema). I fear Real will look like AC Milan for the next 10 years or so from now on
We have made CL semifinal at least every other year since 1998!!
Even though our recent recruitment has not been top class I think we will still be among the top 5 clubs in Europe for the next 10 years.
If we look 1-2 years ahead we can still play following lineup.
Thibaut Courtois (28)
Carvajal(28)---Varane(27)--Ramos(34)--Mendy(25).
Modric(35)---Casemiro(28)--Kroos(30)
Asensio(24)---Benzema(33)---Hazard(29)
You have young players like Rodrygo and Vinicious and they are still 19 and 20. Could become very good players.
Put Mbappe in that team and it looks very good.
For midfield there is Velverde and Ødegaard who looks very good. Camavinga could be a good recruitment as well to challenge Casemiro.
For defence Militao deserve a consistent run. Other than that we have been linked with Upamecano. Do not know how good he is.
Dream scenario for 2022 could be:
Thibaut Courtois
Carvajal--Varane--Ramos/Militao/Upamecano/Someone else--Mendy.
Ødegaard/Velverde--Casemiro--Kroos
Mbappe---Håland---Hazard
Not totally unrealistic