- Guler has played just 25 La Liga minutes since returning from injury in January
- Turkish teenager looked set to play against Sevilla before being sent back to the bench
- Ancelotti insists he does not need to explain his treatment of Guler
Carlo Ancelotti has insisted he does not need to provide Arda Guler with an explanation for his lack of minutes at Real Madrid.
In spite of the fact that Guler has been fighting his way back from knee surgery, he has only been given 25 minutes of playing time in La Liga since his comeback in January. Guler came at Madrid in the summer of last year to a great deal of hype.
During the triumph against Sevilla that took place this past weekend, it seemed as if the 19-year-old was going to come off the bench. However, after Luka Modric scored the first goal in the 81st minute, Guler was put back to the bench, and Ancelotti decided to bring on Dani Ceballos instead.
When Ancelotti was asked in response to the question of why Guler was once again denied the opportunity to impress, he stated that he had his reasons but refused to elucidate.
A single idea crossed my mind before to Modric’s goal, but after the goal, I had a change of heart. He said that it was not that difficult to understand, and that he did not have to explain it. “And if he doesn’t understand it, it doesn’t matter.”
During this season, Ancelotti’s decision to utilize Guler has been met with some degree of controversy, and the adolescent himself has expressed his unhappiness with the decision. When it became apparent that Guler would not be participating in the match against Almeria in January, he was seen tossing his bib on the ground in a fit of rage about the situation.
After missing the first half of Madrid’s season due to a knee injury, Ancelotti has continually batted off rumors of a breach between the two players. Guler, on the other hand, has been urged by Ancelotti to be patient.
“That Arda Guler does not play is a question of competition with others,” Angelo Ancelotti remarked before to the match against Sevilla. It is difficult for certain players to make it into the lineup since they have missed a significant amount of time owing to injury. I chose the eleven players who play.
Since [Guler] is still very young, he needs to exercise patience. It is obvious that he has reached the stage where he can start gaming.