OPEN THREAD | September 3, 2025

The Daily Merengue is a place where you can feel free to discuss all things football. Do not be alarmed by the overt RMCF bias. It’s in the name! Shoutout to the mods who do a fantastic job Kung_Fu_Zizou, Juninho, NeRObutBlanco, Felipejack, Ezek Ix and yours truly, Valyrian Steel.

Real Madrid earned more than any other club for 24-25.

The new Bernabeu is already yielding results.

🚨 Real Madrid have the highest revenue amongst all clubs in football.

14 of the top 30 are Premier League teams. @TeleFootball 💰 pic.twitter.com/YD8vtAgosG

— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) September 2, 2025

Superstars get more leeway.

Also why they turn

over the ball more.

Someone said Vinicius’s goal was a “bad shot”. Here’s @kiyanso’s response. pic.twitter.com/cRRu0Ba9u4

— Managing Madrid (@managingmadrid) September 2, 2025

Hopefully the trend continues.

17 – In his first three LaLiga games as @realmadriden manager, Xabi Alonso has only allowed 17 shots, the lowest tally by a manager in the competition since Josep Guardiola with FC Barcelona in 2008 (12). Exciting. pic.twitter.com/pox5l3eFic

— OptaJose (@OptaJose) September 2, 2025

It’s about the collective.

There is always struggle for people to measure players when stats aren't jumping out. People are used to seeing Fede fly in for tackles or score from distance. He's more than fine. Alonso's system is rooted in collective positioning. There is less need for last ditch tackles from…

— Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo) September 2, 2025