Florentino Pérez decides almost everything in Real Madrid. A year ago, it was he who pushed to recruit Kylian Mbappé (26 years old), who had already made him several times in the past. This, while other leaders were against. It was also the Madrid president who decided that his club would not recruit a central defender to replace Nacho party in Saudi Arabia. Which was not to the taste of Carlo Ancelotti, who had to resign himself not to have any reinforcement behind. The Boss of Casa Blanca also decided not to buy a midfielder after the surprise retirement of Toni Kroos. Two strong choices that Florentino Pérez finally dragged like balls throughout the 2024-25 season.
Indeed, the Merengue defense was decimated and Ancelotti had to tinker. Regarding Kroos, he quickly realized that no one was able to replace him and his absence was sorely felt. This summer 2025, after a season far from his expectations and before a 2025 club World Cup he wants to win, Real Madrid's No. 1 has changed his way of doing things. After thanking Carlo Ancelotti and welcomed Xabi Alonso, he decided to invest. Dean Huijsen was recruited for defense. Trent Alexander-Arnold, he arrives at the post of right side. For the left side, Alvaro Carreras is the priority, but Pérez does not want to pay the player's clause fixed at € 50 million according to El Chiringuito. The businessman wants to lower his price, while exploring other tracks.
Real Madrid does not want to drop 100 M € for an environment
Regarding the midfielder, the Spanish media has announced for weeks that the club's idea is to recruit a new player to bring what the team is missing. The names of players with various and varied profiles were cited. Rodri (Manchester City), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea) and Alexis Macallister (Liverpool), Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), who will spin at Arsenal; And Angelo Stiller (Stuttgart) were followed from near or far. If some are more or less affordable financially, the Merengues are aware that it would be necessary to let go of a check of around 100 M € for most of them. What they refuse to do according to the Cadena Ser. Iberian radio specifies that the Merengues do not want to put such a sum for an environment, especially since they believe that recruiting in this position is no longer as necessary despite the departure of Luka Modric.
Journalist Antón Meana, who consulted sources at the club, explained this choice: “Real Madrid does not see the need to spend 100 million euros on midfielder. The market is being studied to try to strengthen this position, but they think that with Tchouameni, Bellingham, Valverde and Güler 100 %, the midfielder is well covered ”. Regarding Eduardo Camavonga, Dani Ceballos or Nico Paz, there are some doubts, but for the moment the club plans to move forward with them. However, it is still possible that Florentino Pérez changes his mind. There Cadena Ser specifies that everything will depend on the World Cup. If the problems in the midfield were to persist, the owner of Real Madrid would risk reviewing his position.
