In just over a week, on June 18, Real Madrid will launch its adventure in the club World Cup against Al Hilal. A competition that some take a little slightly, but that in Madrid, we absolutely want to win to try to erase the memories of a 2024/2025 season quite disappointing. Just as Xabi Alonso wants to logically start his career as a Merengue coach on a good note.
To achieve this, Real Madrid is making a fairly lively transfer window, with the already formalized arrivals of Dean Huijsen or Trent Alexander-Arnold, and the objective is to do the same for the left side of Benfica Alvaro Carreras. There is also talk of the arrival of a possible number 9, in a role at the Joselu. But the most complex file remains that of the midfielder. The Madrid staff wants to replace Luka Modric and to a lesser extent Toni Kroos, and it is therefore a perilous file on which you should not be mistaken.
Xabi Alonso decided
Many names had been released so far, and as indicated ASReal Madrid has made a final choice. The Merengues will thus go for Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad). A name that has come up incessantly since the end of the season, but everyone was convinced that his signature at Arsenal was acted. The Madrids therefore do not let go of the business and listened to Xabi Alonso, who had scored his name before that of many other players on his list of wishes.
The Merengues also hesitated because of its price deemed too high, namely 60 million euros, the amount of its release clause. The management will also try to lower this sale price, trying in particular to offer players in exchange. Madrid also know that they will not align with the salary proposed by Arsenal, which would be 10 million euros net, and they could offer him 6 or 7, not wishing to unbalance the wage hierarchy of the workforce. If he wishes to play Madrid, the one who was holder against France in the League of Nations will thus have to make financial efforts. Business to follow …
