Al-Khelaïfi Wants to Make a Splash, €45 Million to 'Take' a Player from Real Madrid

Real Madrid Remains Focused on Multiple Transfer Targets, given the urgent need to modify the structure of its squad. Not only are additions to the defensive line deemed essential, one of the most complicated tasks for the club's sports management, but also the search for a replacement for Toni Kroos.

In addition to creative midfielders with a defensive profile like Martín Zubimendi, the scouts led by Juni Calafat have considered some attacking midfielder options like Florian Wirtz or Franco Mastantuono. The high economic demands of these last two signings have been practically insurmountable obstacles for the club's treasury, distancing the team from both transfer operations.

Taking advantage of that 'void' in terms of offers for players with great potential and level, other elite European soccer clubs have quickly filled the spot. In the 'Wirtz case,' Bayern Munich and Manchester City are crowding in, although the Bavarian team would have the advantage thanks to the verbal agreement reached with the werkself player's entourage.

In the case of Franco Mastantuono, the team that has taken advantage of Real Madrid's absence is none other than PSG. The leaders led by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, aware of the clear distancing of the team, would have made the first moves to present themselves as candidates for that signing.

Almost No Options

The final price for Franco Mastantuono would be set, as it has been for several months, at 45 million euros. The payment of the release clause is the only procedure that would convince the offices of the Mâs Monumental to let the talented 18-year-old footballer leave. Franco Mastantuono has reappeared in the transfer discussions of leading European clubs thanks to his excellent performance in the last Superclásico between River Plate and Boca Juniors.

The information published by Ekrem Konur is a clear warning not only to Real Madrid, but to other teams that are also minimally interested in acquiring Mastantuono's card. River Plate's '30' now enjoys the attention of the rouge-et-bleu squad, which would have opened the first conversations with the aim of incorporating him into the French sports discipline.

These advances by the renowned Turkish journalist Ekrem Konur make it even more difficult for Real Madrid to intervene in the 'Mastantuono case.' The payment of the release clause, set at 45 million euros, seemed too much in the Valdebebas offices... where they consider that competing against PSG in a common signing is a battle lost from the start.

The cold institutional relationship between Real Madrid and the French capital team, at the same time, would encourage Nasser Al-Khelaïfi to close the signing of the millionaire Franco Mastantuono as soon as possible. Once again, the entity presided over by Florentino Pérez is left out of a top-tier signing.