Unable to sign new players for the next two windows, Real surprisingly chose to stick with what they had this summer. But will they live to regret it?

Unlike last year, deadline day came and went without incident at Real Madrid. In 2015, the club were left red-faced after failing to sort out the paperwork to sign David De Gea. This time, there was little activity all summer as only Alvaro Morata was bought. But with a transfer ban around the corner, should Los Blancos have spent like Barcelona did in 2014?

Barca's ban was handed out by FIFA for irregularities in the signing of young players in April of 2014, but put back by a window during the appeal, allowing the Catalan club to strengthen for Luis Enrique's debut season. Conscious that they would be unable to register new footballers for the next year, the Blaugrana brought in Luis Suarez, Ivan Rakitic, Claudio Bravo, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Jeremy Mathieu and more to entirely reshape their squad. And they ended up winning the treble..... <<< read more >>> www.sportblitznews.com