Espanyol vs. Real Madrid: Los Blancos confirm squad as decisions are made on all six summer signings

Real Madrid caput manager Jose Mourinho has included each six of the club's summertime signings successful his squad for Saturday's La Liga clash with Espanyol.

Denzel Dumfries, Ibrahima Konate, Marc Cucurella, Bernardo Silva, Carlos Espi and Yan Diomande person each been named successful the squad and could marque their Los Blancos debuts.

However, determination are six first-team absentees, with Endrick, Aurelien Tchouameni, Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy, Rodrygo and Raul Asencio retired of the lucifer done injury.

Real Madrid person besides called up youngsters Mario Rivas, Alexis Ciria and Jorge Cestero.

The lucifer with Espanyol volition officially people the instrumentality of Mourinho arsenic Real Madrid caput coach, with the Portuguese successful complaint of the superior giants for the 2nd time.

All six of Real Madrid's caller signings diagnostic successful squad vs. Espanyol

“I’m feeling good. It’s the archetypal authoritative lucifer of the season, but this has been happening to maine for implicit 20 years. I’m calm," Mourinho told reporters.

"Regarding the squad, you’ve rightly pointed retired the trouble of starting astatine antithetic moments and successful antithetic groups. Obviously, determination are players with 36 grooming sessions and six matches, and others with 5 grooming sessions and a spot of a game.

"But the players and the staff are exceptional. I’ve been capable to hole differentiated enactment for everyone, similar for those who were present lone for idiosyncratic training.

"Sometimes we joked due to the fact that determination was 1 subordinate for 10 people, including assistants, trainers, doctors, physios... If you inquire maine if I’d similar to person 1 much week to hole things adjacent better, of course, yes. But I besides archer you that we are already bushed of friendlies.

"We privation existent matches, and present they’re here. The injured players from past season, with semipermanent injuries, I don’t expect to retrieve them successful one, two, oregon 3 weeks. The lone subordinate unavailable for this lucifer is Endrick, who has a insignificant musculus issue.

Real Madrid volition beryllium missing six players for Espanyol clash

"Tchouameni is good and already grooming with the team. He’ll bid today, but helium has to bid successful the day arsenic good and volition bash truthful time and Sunday to velocity up his process. Due to his injury, he’s not successful the information to play this lucifer against Espanyol.

“Tomorrow, 3 volition beryllium connected the bench: Rivas, Cestero, and Ciria. We person a squad that’s not excessively large. Militao, Rodrygo, and Ferland (Mendy) volition beryllium retired for a agelong time.

"I truly similar moving with 20-21 players, maximum 22. The academy players are filling these unfastened spots and moving precise good with us. They won’t ever beryllium the same. I besides privation to motivate the kids and marque them recognize that the doorway is open.

"This week it’s these three’s turn, and it volition beryllium galore others’ turn. It’s thing I similar to bash and thing I deliberation is appreciated by La Fabrica due to the fact that it’s thing I judge tin motivate the boys.”

Real Madrid volition beryllium aiming to wrestle the La Liga rubric backmost from Barcelona this season.

Full Real Madrid squad vs. Espanyol

Goalkeepers: Courtois, Lunin, Mestre

Defenders: Huijsen, Trent, Konate, Cucurella, Carreras, Rudiger, Dumfries, Rivas

Midfielders: Bellingham, Camavinga, Valverde, Guler, Bernardo, Cestero, Ciria

Forwards: Vinicius, Mbappe, Espi, Brahim, Diomande