With the transfer market being ignored until June – or so sources at Valdebebas suggest – Real Madrid’s transfer focus is already shifting to next summer, following a strategy that has defined recent years: targeting players whose contracts are close to expiring. The problem is that many agents and players are now trying to exploit that very trend.
Ibrahima Konaté, Dayot Upamecano and Rúben Neves all have several things in common. To start with, their contracts with their respective clubs expire on June 30. There is more: all three have been offered to Real Madrid in recent weeks – the two center backs as well as the Al Hilal midfielder. And finally, all three have been turned down by the club, despite benefiting from the situation by seeing their names splashed everywhere, repeatedly linked with Real Madrid.
It is true that Valdebebas has embraced the formula of signing players nearing the end of their contracts in recent years, but that does not mean every player entering the final countdown automatically interests the club. These moves are often seized upon by agents to manufacture a favorable climate and secure a better deal elsewhere by riding the wave of supposed Real Madrid interest, as happened with Alphonso Davies just over a year ago.
“Absolute silence”
For that reason, meetings with agents representing this type of player are scrutinized in detail. Real Madrid has no desire to get caught up in the transfer bazaar that inevitably surrounds players approaching the end of their contracts. The guiding principle is clear: “absolute silence.” The club intends to follow the same path it took in previous years with signings such as Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba and even Kylian Mbappé, but that does not mean it is the only market they will explore, nor that every out-of-contract player is a target.
Beyond those already mentioned, other names loom on the horizon: Bernardo Silva, Marc Guéhi, Dušan Vlahović, Serge Gnabry, Leon Goretzka (previously tracked), Fabinho and Óscar Mingueza. All of them will be free, as of January 1, to sign with whichever club they choose.
Fandnstyz
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konate is too slow so that doesn't add value to RM defense. their prob is xabi doesn't know what he's doing or who to play to get results. he's played vini all season in the 1st 11, he isn't producing & yet he persist in playing him when he has hungry strikers on the bunch but he refuses to play them
u started well, and went off, Vini is performing well, the coach is the prob, check out every big wins real has recorded this yr and vini stats e.g El clasico.
DMICHAELSinc
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If a club is making it difficult to get a player still on contract, you get him out of contract. It's a strategy. It's left for the player to reject. Unfortunately or fortunately for us, every player wants to play for us. That is not our fault, is it?
Ubong12
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No oo, they should thick to it and sign every free agent players.
SGTSingam
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Madrid does not need money to buy players. They'll just send an invitation and some good players will walk in for Free 😏💭
Fumblmnopr
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always hoping to sign cheap. waiting player contract expires than move in
yenelmnopr
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You suppose to tired (realmadrid) bring out money and buy good players . stop following free contact players
mujthabamk
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I think Guehi has an agreement with Liverpool over the January window. probably when the initial attempt collapsed. but there's a low chance that the palace will let him go.
wimbdetu
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konate is too slow so that doesn't add value to RM defense. their prob is xabi doesn't know what he's doing or who to play to get results. he's played vini all season in the 1st 11, he isn't producing & yet he persist in playing him when he has hungry strikers on the bunch but he refuses to play them