I think Real Madrid will be back stronger than before by their upcoming games. They had some problems against smaller teams recently and lost so many points during this time. Barcelona have benefited from it and taken the lead. But the gap is only two points anyway. Real Madrid should improve their effort in the La Liga to have a good form.
Winning against Barcelona won't be enough for them for the La Liga title in the end. They need to keep up a solid form in the rest of the games as well just as Barcelona do. I know that things are becoming more serious in the Champions League on one hand. But this shouldn't affect the concentration level of the Real Madrid players in the La Liga badly.
Personally, I think that Real Madrid will be a devastation, I am also anxious for those who will be new to their squad, I am sure that they want to recruit very good players, it is likely that with the demonstration they have given in the World Cup they already have some in the look and we have a much stronger team, and the truth is that saying no to Real Madrid is practically crazy because it means saying no to the best future of all, with respect to Barcelona I don't see it very well, also the fact that Being in the Europa League no longer produces so much emotion, because it is evident that what attracts the most attention apart from the League is the UCL, and clearly these things are sought after more and obviously, it gives more money.
In fact, they already have a great defender in their sights at Real Madrid:
€100 million defender tipped for Real Madrid moveGvardiol tipped to join Real Madrid by his former coach
As reported by MARCA, Shakhtar Donetsk coach, Igor Jovicevic, who has coached Gvardiol in the past, said:
“He could play for any top club. PSG, Barcelona, if it were up to me, I would [want him] go to Real Madrid.
“I don’t want to hear about anything else. What’s more, I’m surprised that Real Madrid didn’t sign him two or three years ago, although I also understand that they waited for him to mature a bit more.”
Source:
https://therealchamps.com/2022/12/11/e100-million-defender-tipped-real-madrid-move/