There is still time for now especially with the current situation for Madrid they can still delay even though the winter transfer is in sight but they can still hold back if they still don't find a suitable candidate for a pure striker but this should not be allowed to drag on because after all their deadline for finding candidates is until the end of this season.
There is still quite a long time left and I think for now in this January transfer window they will still prioritize about the defense rather than for strikers. Because after all, by looking at the current situation, their defense still looks weak with several players who have fitness problems such as Militao who must be out for a long time and Rudiger and Alaba who are still very vulnerable to injury.
Madrid must consider this because if this continues to be allowed to recruit then I think this could disrupt their stability. As for the current striker problem, even though this is also a little bit important, but until now their attacking line is still quite good even if they try to bring in a pure striker now, it's actually not a problem, it's just that it's rare to transfer star players in January because they always rely on the end of the season to sign bigger players (star players).
If we are talking about priorities, then surely the defense must be the top priority because it is still quite vulnerable even though it is still quite good but still if in the end this is allowed then it could be a time bomb for Madrid because some players who are forced to be in defense are not all happy because seeing from the responses that Tchouameni gave on several occasions he actually complained a little because his position was a little different which made the situation of performance a little disturbed.
Ancelotti must be smarter in this matter even though they are still in good condition but still for this defense they must strengthen with the number of injured players now.
As for the striker issue, they still want this but in the end we know that until now their midfield and attack still look very good with Jude as the foundation and several other players who answer the opportunities given such as Brahim Dias and Joselu or several other young players who are starting to heat up like Rodrigo.
Joselu did not come with a purchase but he is only on a season-long loan from Espanyol so in this case it is possible for Ancelotti to still look for a player who fits Madrid's style for the position of pure striker at this time.
Indeed, the presence of Joselu and the other players in the attack for now is still very good but still next season Joselu will already leave and this is quite the right time to find a suitable player according to the criteria of Madrid and Ancelotti.
There is still time for now especially with the current situation for Madrid they can still delay even though the winter transfer is in sight but they can still hold back if they still don't find a suitable candidate for a pure striker but this should not be allowed to drag on because after all their deadline for finding candidates is until the end of this season.
Just like i said before Real Madrid priority for winter transfer is they want to gets at least 1 defender player and seems this is urgent because we all know Real Madrid was losing some of important players on that position and recently the players such as Robert Renan from Zenit St Petersburg, Sporting player Goncalo Inacio, and Manchester United player Raphael Varane was into their radar and few more hours winter transfer window will be opened so lets see which players will Real Madrid buy but i am sure Real Madrid will gets new defender player soon
Currently Real Madrid have no problem with their attacking lines because the players just like Rodrygo, Vinicius, Joselu or even Bellingham still able to performing well and scores goals for each matches so i am not sure Real Madrid will give their priority to gets new attackers this january and after end of this season Joselu loan duration will be expired and he will return to his team Espanyol so in my opinion Real Madrid will only buy new attackers next summer but not this january because buy new defender is more important than gets new attackers
I just heard the name you mentioned but for Varane actually I think it would still be very risky.
Indeed, in this case Varane was once in Madrid during his prime but now that's over, especially the injury problem has always been an obstacle for this player so why layer a defender with a player who is also vulnerable to injury because this will only increase the burden in the end.
I've also heard of Alessandro Bastoni who is now starting to be looked at although this is still confusing but it could be a good thing. Bastoni is currently doing very well at Inter and we know that this season his name is being talked about because of his good performance in defending his area.
It's just that Inter will definitely fortify this player but that's actually not a problem for Madrid if they really want to bring Bastoni.