Jose Mourinho has finally realised his Denzel Dumfries mistake

Real Madrid, after a very long time of trial and error, have finally found their ideal right back, and the funniest part is that it is not a right back at all. Jose Mourinho is loving the idea of having Fede Valverde play at right back for this Real Madrid team, something fans have wanted to see just so that their midfield sees some change.

Valverde is a brilliant player out on the flanks, and he is finally free from having to try to control the tempo of the game. He can just focus on being a great ball carrier and an excellent, hard-working defensive player. This can happen at right back, which is why the Swiss Army Knife is now the best, most usable option at that position for Mourinho.

Denzel Dumfries has not been good enough to start for Real Madrid

The player who started the season surprisingly as Real Madrid's first-choice right back has now been on the bench for six of the last eight games for Real Madrid. Denzel Dumfries played six games in eight. He had six starts in eight matches for Real Madrid before the first international break. He then went on to have four straight starts for the Netherlands in the break, and now he has come back and only started in two of the eight games that have happened since.

It is not the best of looks, but you cannot say that this wasn't deserved. Dumfries has probably been, alongside Vinicius Junior, the worst player for Real Madrid this season, and even when he was starting all but two of Real Madrid's games, he did not deserve it.

He should have been behind Trent Alexander-Arnold in Real Madrid's defensive rotations. However, he was still playing for reasons fans would never understand, and Trent was sitting, being wasted on the bench. It was a really sucky situation for the Englishman.

It is still now, but at least he can find solace with the fact that he is not being benched by a player who was categorically worse than him in every single aspect of the game. Valverde, on the other hand, is a much better fit for this Real Madrid team than Dumfries. He is also the captain of this team, meaning that he probably cannot be benched if he's playing well in that position.

Be that as it may, Trent should still be playing more games than he is right now, and even though Mourinho hasn't said that yet, I am very glad that he has understood that Dumfries does not deserve to start for Real Madrid at the moment. He simply has not been good enough for that position to be his right off the bat, and it was high time he returned to the bench.