I do not know why Real Madrid has been so long without renewing the squad properly, honestly I do not know what Florentino Perez is waiting for to do it, apart from now having many casualties, he has sold players as you say as Benzema or Asensio who do not have a good replacement, and Modric and Kroos are already older and at any time they could retire.Jude Bellingham is the only savior Real Madrid have now. I never believed they would allow Benzema leave without signing a strong back up striker. Mr. Perez tactics with trying to sign Mbappe have been off. Real Madrid is looking like a Shadow.