Real Madrid plans to make significant changes to the squad for the upcoming season. At the moment, there are already two signings finalized: the arrival of Xabi Alonso as coach and the addition of Arnold at no cost. Despite this, Florentino Pérez intends to change more members of the squad, and his priority is hiring a new center-back.
In recent weeks, many names have been mentioned, but it seems that one is clearly in pole position: Dean Huijsen. The international in Spain interests Real Madrid, as discovered by the journalist from SER, Antón Meana. Although at times he seemed ruled out, Florentino would have gotten to work, being willing to pay his clause of 58 million.
Dean Huijsen, advanced signing by Real Madrid
In this regard, Meana has been blunt about the signing of the Spanish international by Real Madrid. "We are told that the one who has advanced the most in recent days is the signing of Dean Huijsen, the center-back of the Spanish national team of Dutch origin who plays in the Premier," he reported on SER.
"There are other names on the table that are not as well positioned as Dean Huijsen. There is Saliba from Arsenal, but he costs a lot of money and Real Madrid doesn't want to spend that money on a center-back," Meana pointed out. "The representative of William Saliba hasn't given me much attention because I think he sees it as difficult. And Real Madrid is not willing to pay the money that Arsenal would ask for Saliba," he concluded.
2 ruled out at Real Madrid, a favorite of Xabi Alonso
There were other options on the table for Real Madrid, even a defender that Xabi Alonso himself had offered. We are talking about Jonathan Tah, a center-back from Leverkusen whose contract ends on June 30. He has the approval of the next Madrid coach, but Florentino has decided to rule out his arrival as he is not convinced.
The other center-back Florentino Pérez has said "no" to is Aymeric Laporte, a player who had been rumored for some time and is now in Saudi Arabia. Antón Meana assured on SER: "There is no contact for Laporte. He would be delighted to come to Madrid, but there is no conversation. From the beginning, Madrid had put many obstacles to his signing both because of his age and the money Laporte earns or the money they might ask for in Arabia. So there is nothing between Laporte and Real Madrid."