Real Madrid are meandering towards a bitterly disappointing season, with Barcelona potentially confirmed as champions if they fail to win in Catalonia on Sunday night. Espanyol have struggled as of late and are playing for very little, but Madrid, too, have been bereft of fight during the run-in. They know the game is up, with Barcelona’s nine-game winning run opening up an 11-point lead at the summit. Things are bound to look very different in the Spanish capital next season (or curiously familiar) amid talk of José Mourinho returning to succeed Álvaro Arbeloa , who almost certainly won’t be kept on after the season. Madrid just want to get out of 2025–26, but there’s the small matter of a humiliating Clásico to navigate after Sunday’s duel. Courtois Set for Injury Return The Belgian goalkeeper is back in training. | David S. Bustamante/Real Madrid/Getty Images Thibaut Courtois was involved in partial training on Friday and could return to Arbeloa’s starting lineup before El Clásico after six weeks out.…