After a summer marked by the arrivals of two huge attacking talents – Kylian Mbappé and Endrick – Real Madrid will logically focus on other positions in the next transfer windows. There is this central defender position in particular, where there are only three professional players – Antonio Rüdiger, Éder Militão and David Alaba – and we know that the Merengues want to enlist a young defender for the future.
At the end of last season and at the start of the summer transfer window, there was talk of a very strong interest in Leny Yoro, who finally signed with Manchester United. In recent days, the Spanish media have also mentioned the name of Yarek Gasiorowski, a 19-year-old defender playing for Valencia and with the youth teams of the Spanish national team.
It has already been supervised many times
Here is what Brand now indicates that Castello Lukeba is one of the players being monitored by the management of the reigning European champion club. He was notably scouted by the Merengues during Leipzig’s Champions League match against Leipzig, as he had already been supervised in the past. The Lyonnais is considered by Madrid as a player who is already very interesting for the present, as well as for the future of course.
Having arrived from Lyon in 2023, Castello Lukeba is already part of the furniture in Leipzig, where he is indisputable. This season, he played every minute of the German team’s matches, and was rather good at the Olympic Games with the Bleuets. Money will not be a problem for the Merengues in this story, since they have cash available, although they do not intend to go crazy either as was the case in the Yoro case. To be continued…