that may be the case but their fans are unforgiving arseholes that could be on his case pretty quickly, he lives something of a charmed life at liverpool imo and hasn’t had to deal with this side of things.
i also don’t think madrid will indulge any midfield ambitions, lack of effort, freedom to be a creator or forgive defensive duties. their long standing right back has been a grafter, unglamorous but ultra competitive, hard working and ironically an academy graduate. it’s not the easiest act to follow.