Guti slams Mourinho for preferring Essien to Real youngsters
Posted On Sunday, 28th October 2012
Essien has been filling the left-back void following injury crisis at Real
By Ameenu Shardow
Ex Real Madrid player Guti has lashed out at Jose Mourinho for preferring Michael Essien to youngsters in the side’s defensive crisis.
The Spanish champions have lost all of its natural left-full backs with injuries to Marcelo, Alvaro Abeloa and Fabio Contrao.
In their absence, the Ghana midfielder has been made to play a makeshift role to fill the void.
Essien was however far from convincing at left-back in Madrid’s Champions League defeat to Borussia Dortmund in midweek.
The 29-year-old was brought in on loan from Chelsea at the beginning of the campaign mainly due to his impeccable reputation as a versatile material.
But Guti is vehemently opposed to Essien’s usage from his preferred midfield role.
According to the 35-year-old, the club’s youngsters in the academy should be given more first team opportunities especially during a time of crisis like the prevailing situation at Real.
“It sends out a bad message, when you are there in the subsidiary ready to help the first team and you are not chosen,” he said.
“Essien is a player who gives everything and Mourinho knows him well. I take my hat off to him, but it is not his position.
“Objections should be raised not with the player, but with the coach for putting him there.”
Guti fears the continued first team snub of the youngsters coming through from the Real academy could see the side lose severalof its budding quality talents to their other European rivals.
“If there was a coach committed to the youth team players they wouldn’t leave, but the fact is they are leaving, like Juan Mata who is now at Chelsea,” he adds.
“I feel more sadness than anger. A team like Real needs the identity of bringing great players, but they should also have a base of youth players.”
Essien could however be restored to the midfield for Sunday’s game at Real Mallorca following an injury picked uo by Sami Khedira in that midweek defeat to Dortmund.
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Despite that i am a Ghanaian and i support Essien, i agree with Guti 100%, Mou should give the Youth players some chance and shift Essien back to his normal role or even right back is okay, but on the left back he was not convincing at all in the champions league Game against Dortmund in Germany.
Guti should shut up.where was he when Essien played against Celta Vigo in 2-0 win for Real at the left back position? He doesnt know better than the special one.Its better to risk & play a known player than an unknown small boy against German champs in Germany.In any case,Real has a bad record against German teams in Germany.
the onyl reason Essien struggled is that Ronaldo was doing ZERO defending and the full back was just simply overlapping Essien. Ronaldo doesnt defend to save his life. very annoying
@papa spot on..every person with a good tactical eyes will testify that ronaldo made essien struggle..anytime marco rues overlapses,u will see Großkreuz also coming with and that made it very difficult for essien to deal with them cos ronaldo never ran back to help essien…Di maria was giving Ramos some cover thats why that side was safe..
@papa you are right but age cheating is beginning to show – i just hope that essien retires gracefully with his legs tiring.
i like your comment am real madrid fans so mourinho u have 2 use tailent u are big coach
Essien is just doing a great job by playing left back, however I agree with Guti’s comments. I feel like Casado could of have played left back, not Nacho because he plays CB and can play RB. This players should be given time against mediocre teams like Celta and Mallorca so that they get the feel of the competition and also better cohersion with teammates. One error I saw this summer was the transfer of the mature but young Dani Carvajal to B Leverkeusen. They could of use him right now when Arbeloas out and not just depend on Ramos to cover for him. Basically they need to realize that most of Real Madrid players, are playing La liga, Cup, Champions League, World Cup Qualifiers and they are bound to get tired or injury. They need to have backup players that are natural in the position they are covering. Or otherwise will have players affected by FIFA VIRUS and then will be forced to use willing players like right-footed Essien play left-back against dangerous teams like Borussia Dortmund.