Real Madrid's Busy Summer: Why £220 Million Worth Of Ego Won't Work

Since when did a seven-year-old boy and his latest copy of FIFA 09 become qualified to run the biggest football club on earth?

Perhaps that is a slight exaggeration, but Manuel Pellegrini seems to possess a similar mindset to this young lad and his video game.

They each share that simple video game perspective on the world of football. Choose the club with the most money and buy all the best players.

Pellegrini doesn't seem to realize that what might work in pixels on an XBOX 360, will not necessarily work here on earth.

Truth be told, one football will not be enough to go around Real Madrid's superstars during the period of 90 minutes next season.

Someone please tell me when Xabi Alonso suddenly became worthy of a £30 million splurge; or when it abruptly became possible to have two of the most talented athletes on earth side by side; and for them to play in harmony.

We all know Ronaldo loves to bomb down the wing and attack defenders. But wait a minute, Kaka also loves to as well.

And sooner or later they must pass to the £30 million youth from Lyon, Karim Benzema. Not likely.

Even if the game was 24 hours long, Ronaldo wouldn't have the touches he needed to live up to his disgustingly high price tag of £80 million.

Surely Kaka, world renowned play-maker, will relish in the opportunity to feed the likes of Ronaldo, Benzema, Raul, Sneijder, Van Nistlerooy with sweet dimes, arching crosses and darting through balls. Wrong again. Eventually, he will want the ball back to have a shot on goal, because he is the best in the world right?

Hold up, Ronaldo's gonna need ALL the goals because he is the best right?

Already, the dilemma for the Spanish giants has become sickeningly clear; the starting lineup has too much ego.

History portrays evidence in abundance as to why Pellegrini's high spending summer will result in failure.

Most recently, at the start of last season, Tottenham lashed out under the "guidance" of soon to be ex-manager Ruande Ramos, reeling in Croatian swingman Luka Modric and goal-poacher Roman Pavlyuchenko, to name but a few.

The Spurs fell deep into relegation territory, and the services of blue collar, Mr. "Work Ethic," Harry Redknap, were desperately sought out to save the anguish-stricken franchise.

It seems men like Pelligreni and Roman Abromavic have never heard of the word chemistry.

Chelsea's recent silverware drought is largely due to having five managers in two seasons. That doesn't exhibit chemistry.

To conclude, I retract my statement about the seven-year-old boy perched in front of his games console. He must have a little more knowledge about intangibles than Pellegrini and his seemingly bottomless pit of cash.

In total, the wayward Chilean has squandered £220 million of Real Madrid's assets. Apart from single-handedly ruining football, he may have also doomed the football club. When starters on any other team are benched due to his off-season signings, tensions will rise.

But hey, maybe they will work well together next season.

Sure, and Burnley will be crowned Champions league victors next season.