Real Madrid has adopted a very active and aggressive attitude for this summer transfer window. If some fans still feared a market (too) calm, Florentino PĂ©rez has already made the skeptics lie by completing several recruits, including Dean Huijsen, officially Merengue, and Trent Alexander-Arnold, whose official announcement should not be long. It would also be very well left for Alvaro Carreras, the left side of Benfica, and certain media indicate that the club of the Spanish capital intends to repatriate Nico Paz (FC CĂ´me). Behind this desire to act quickly, there is also this club world which starts in mid-June, and for which Madrid leaders wish to offer the most complete workforce to their new coach, Xabi Alonso.
A small revolution in the locker room and on the sidelines which therefore aims to launch a new cycle and bring new blood in a workforce where there were gaps in certain positions, and a certain lack of competition which could push some to rest a little too much on their laurels. But behind all these arrivals, it is not just a desire to have a better team than this season. For years already, many socios and important voices of Madridido Regrets the few Spaniards there are in the team. Especially at a time when FC Barcelona begins to get out of the very promising young Spaniards and that they once again flood the Spanish selections, from the U15. This season, knowing that Dani Carvajal was injured for a long time, Lucas Vazquez, Raul Asencio and Dani Ceballos were the only Spanish players more or less regularly used by Carlo Ancelotti. And none is a player who could be considered as a major.
Bring players and fans closer
During the Champions League quarterfinals, Arsenal, for example, aligned more Spaniards (Raya and Merino, and Arteta on the bench) than Real Madrid. For a club that aims to be the standard bearer of Spanish football and which is very attached to Iberian patriotic and identity values, that makes task, necessarily. It is therefore no coincidence that Florentino Pérez, Juni Calafat and José Angel Sanchez went to get a player like Dean Huijsen, called to be one of the future pillars of La Roja. Similar case for Carreras, while other equally interesting options existed to strengthen these positions. And it is obviously not over, since according to the Cadena Serthe Madrid staff and Xabi Alonso do not lose hope for Martin ZubiMendi, while Rodri's name continues to drag in the conversations and emails that the leaders and members of the club staff are exchanged. Other Spanish players may therefore arrive soon.
These are also players who know what Real Madrid represents and are already aware of the social and media context that surrounds the biggest club in the world, which is not necessarily the case for a player who has not grown up in the country of Cervantes. In recent months, there has also been a certain disenchantment between the Fans of Real Madrid and their players. First, because emblematic players like Nacho, Joselu, although it was only a season or Toni Kroos, the most Spanish of the Germans, left. But also because the attitude of some players, especially the big players, do not go to everyone. Vinicius Jr, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo have thus received many criticisms from public opinion in recent months, for various reasons. Recruiting players who are Spanish and who do not necessarily have a very publicized profile also aims to bring fans of the locker room closer, with players with which they can identify more easily. In short, Real Madrid wants to recreate a strong Madrid identity hoping that Huijsen, Carreras and Company will be the Nacho or the Sergio Ramos of tomorrow.
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There is also a more pragmatic side behind this summer transfer window 2025. For years already, Real Madrid has adopted a very cautious strategy on the transfer window, seeking to reduce the expenses as much as possible, not hesitating to wait for the targeted players to arrive at the end of the contract to enlist them once they are free. This summer, we go back to a transfer window that is certainly rich in arrivals, but not particularly expensive. Trent Alexander-Arnold will arrive free of charge, Dean Huijsen will cost 58 million euros payable in three deadlines, the price of Alvaro Carreras is to be around 50 million euros and in the event that Madrilenians decide to go for Nico Paz, the Argentinian born and trained in Spain would only cost 8 million euros. Four possible recruits for a little more than 100 million euros, and above all, wages that will not be considerably high. For Huijsen and Carreras, we are talking about emoluments of 9 million euros gross, which is relatively low, and these two players would have touched much more in England in particular.
By recruiting young players, Spanish moreover, the club can afford to offer slightly lower wages. These two players will touch less, by them, than David Alaba for example. Trent Alexander-Arnold should receive about 15 million euros gross per season, which is far from huge also for a player who has already proven himself at the highest level. Florentino Pérez knows that the football economy remains wobbly, depending a lot of external factors such as TV rights and which can also be completely impacted by events (wars, pandemics etc) and wants to have a big revenue-expressed margin in case. With these arrivals and the possible departures of players like Rodrygo Goes or David Alaba, the Merengues would considerably reduce their payroll. One thing is certain, Real Madrid promises us a boiling and exciting 2025 transfer window…
