Real Madrid believes that a captain with seniority and considerable experience on the field garners credibility from both players and management. Real Madrid’s approach also ensures that the team captain has been around long enough to have absorbed Real Madrid’s history, tradition, rituals, and values, and is able to model them on and off the field. When I questioned whether this approach could lead to a mediocre (by Real Madrid standards) talent becoming captain and jeopardizing his ability to lead a superstar, Real Madrid responded that, essentially, if a player has been at the club that
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