After Real Madrid plundered the summer transfer market and filled the dressing room with new stars, it’s now time for the Spanish club to prune their squad down. With the season kicking off in a week’s time the Dutch contingent are being pushed out of the door.

The ‘Galáctico 2.0′ project of Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez filled the headlines across the world with the arrivals of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kakà, Xabi Alonso and Karim Benzema, followed by lesser lights Raúl Albiol, Álvaro Arbeloa, Esteban Granero, Ezequiel Garay and Álvaro Negredo. Now he has to reduce the Merengue multitude to a comfortable amount for coach Manuel Pellegrini.

“It’s now time to let people out before people come in,” as the general secretary at Real, Jorge Valdano, put it. However, it’s proving a tougher task to let go of some of their players than it was to sign four of the best footballers in Europe earlier this summer.

During the last couple of seasons, it was the Dutch who grabbed the limelight at the Santiago Bernabéu. Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder and Royston Drenthe joined the Spanish club in 2007 and formed a new Dutch quartet alongside Ruud Van Nistelrooy, who signed in 2006, before it became a quintet when Rafael Van Der Vaart signed last summer. The new tendency at the club brought back memories of FC Barcelona, with a long tradition in Netherlands talent crowding the Camp Nou, especially under coach Louis Van Gaal in the late 90s.

Despite the promising outcome, the newcomers couldn’t match Van Nistelrooy’s outstanding performance at Real Madrid of 45 goals in 67 league games over three seasons but even after the former Manchester United striker’s serious knee injury last November, neither Robben, Sneijder or Van Der Vaart managed to keep the Dutch end up. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, a sixth Dutchman, arrived at the club in January to blast eight goals in 20 league games, and proved to be an able candidate to take over from the aging strikers.

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Real Madrids attacking midfielder, Ricardo Kaka, said his playing style is almost the same with Cristiano Ronaldo. However, they will not be conflicts in the field, because it is mutual understanding in cooperation.

Madrid appear spectacular in the match against Borussia Dortmund in the friendly game. They win 5-0.

In this match, one of the goals scored by Kaka, but Ronaldo does not scored any goal.

“The first day with him is fantastic. Because, we do not have a language problem, especially we have met before,” said Kaka.

The former AC Milan player was added, “We are gradually getting better with each other in the field. Our personality and interests are different. But, we are to score and is ready to bring Real Madrid to reach the triumph.”

Madrid was considered growing too slow, even they have bought many star players. However, be debated by Kaka. Victory over Dortmund became increasingly evident that the “Los Merengues” is overpowered.

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