As expected before the end of the season, Real Madrid is particularly active on the transfer market. If he had confined himself to the recruitment of Kylian Mbappé last year, the Merengue club this time takes care of strengthening its team in the sectors which caught throughout the year 2024-2025. The midfielder was one of the priorities and this Friday, it was Franco Mastantuono who officially arrived.
Only seventeen years old, the player who had previously played in River Plate was in the viewfinder of several large European displacements, including Paris Saint-Germain. But it is therefore Real Madrid that the Argentine nugget chose. The two parties embarked on a six -year contract until June 2031. Real formalized the news by publishing a press release on its official website.
According to information from MarcaRiver Plate said that the amount of the transaction was 63.2 million euros (including € 45 million for the release clause), enough to make it the big transfer in the history of Argentine football. In any case, this is a good blow for Real Madrid who hopes to have bet on the right player. Several factors plead in favor of a Franco Mastanuono such as the fact that he was the youngest player to make his debut with the Albiceleste recently, during a match against Chile.
Real Madrid offers a talented player
Mastanuono can evolve as an attacking midfielder and right winger. With a talented left foot, it has a strike that is worth a look and also allows it to hit sumptuous free kicks. It remains to be seen how Xabi Alonso will integrate it into his team and if he will quickly give him playing time.
After Dean Huijsen and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Real Madrid therefore continues its recruitment campaign and should not stop there.
