According to information from SportReal Madrid may well give Benfica a dirty blow. According to the Catalan media, the Madrid stable plans to lift the release clause of Álvaro Carreras from July 1, when the Lisboets could compete in the quarter -finals of the Club World Cup. The left side, summoned by the Portuguese club for the tournament, is at the center of an showdown between the two institutions.
Benfica refused to negotiate a transfer below the € 50 million clause, frustrating the Merengues plans, who wanted to include Carreras in the Xabi Alonso team for the Club World Cup. If the Portuguese club passes the group phase and the White House activates the clause in time, Carreras would automatically become a merengue player … and would be unavailable for the quarters with its current club. A legally possible option, but deemed unlikely in the High Spanish spheres, Florentino Pérez not wishing to feed the tensions with Benfica.
