Real Madrid have a plan for Güler: but will he play next season?

The Turkish midfielder is surpassed all expectations so far at his new club, and he has been put on a special training regime as a result.

The first thing that Arda Güler did at Real Madrid was cause everyone to realise just how amazing his technical quality is. The second thing he did was make everyone aware that he needed to bulk up.

The Turkish midfielder, at just 18-years-old and four months, is still within the ‘development stage’ of his body, meaning his physicality is more like that of an adolescent than that of an adult. The club were aware of this when they were collecting the information from his medical ahead of signing for the club, and as such, they have a plan in place for Güler.

There is a strategy being put in place at the swanky Santiago Bernabéu offices that will see Güler gain muscle without losing his speed and creativity, as well as also increasing his resistance. Last season at Fenerbahçe, his breakout campaign, also served as a barometer for his still developing physical form. Of the 35 games he played during the season, 18 of which as a starter, he only managed to finish five. He played no games in the Europa League.

And it is no coincidence either that between the last week of April and the end of the season was when he managed a full game for the side: Güler was increasing his competitive output little by little across the year and working ever closer to the professional structure in place for the elite adult footballers.

This is different to Vini Jr and Rodrygo, who both stepped into the Madrid training ground at 18 and immediately began with a physical output similar to what they are putting out nowadays. The medical and physical staff can trace a few similar data patterns between Güler and