There was a not so distant time in which Arda Güler looked at the lawn of Santiago Bernabéu From the bench with eyes full of desire, but also of frustration. The injuries, the lack of minutes and a system that did not seem to understand their talent turned their first season into a silenced sigh. Until someone who did understand it. Xabi Alonso had followed him when he directed the Leverkusen and wanted to take it. He couldn't then, but life offered them a second chance to unite them on the way.
The Turkish genius arrived in Madrid with A suitcase full of illusions and another of doubtsbut with the certainty that I was going to succeed in Blanco. The wait was very difficult for him. A new club, so big, adapt to another city and another culture, with only 18 years and the language barrier, one that has surpassed to give way to a version never seen before the footballer. “Now, I Don's Know, I just want to play”he released with self -confidence in his first mixed area with Madrid. Now, the Turk defends himself a little better with English and Spanish, and hence the white club begins to climb the forefront … but warning: “It's nervous, so don't get much squeezed”They joked before throwing a footballer who has changed his face. More integrated than ever, the young talent has made his most leisurely personality find a hole in the white costumes. Perhaps the arrival of another 'Chill Guy' (Huijsen) has served to understand that it was not a 'weirdo'but different. Quieter. “There is still a lot to see in Real Madrid. Now I'm happier,” he warns.
Modern football demands running, colliding, resisting. But Arda is a pianist in the midst of a drum storm. His way of touching the ball is not taught. And Xabi, instead of silencing it, the volume uploaded. He gave him the center of the field, not as a test, but as a gift. Arda, make this sound to you. And the Turk began to play. Gently, like the one that has been quiet time waiting for an opportunity. And then, strongly, with decision … to start feeling, for the first time, in a full holder at Real Madrid.
